This just happened:

I was reading the small plates menu posted on the web site of the recently reopened Stumbling Goat Bistro when it dawned on me: No mini burgers. Could it be? COULD IT BE? I read it again. Here was the white corn bisque, there was the heirloom tomato salad…nowhere were the lil burgs. Excuse my text message-style swearing but HFS, man. The Stumbling Goat without sliders?

For that brief second, the world went dark. When I regained consciousness, I picked up the phone and, panting, dialed the restaurant.

“Hello, Stumbling Goat Bistro!”

“Wha— um. Did you guys take the mini burgers off the menu? I just looked at the menu online [this is where my voice grew really shrill], WHERE ARE THE MINI BURGERS!?”

“They’re back on!” Said the blessed angel on the other end of the phone. The new burgers, she told me, will be served with blue cheese, stoneground mustard, and house-cured pickles, and while these new fangled accoutrements may require adjustment, the important thing is this: same perfectly succulent Angus beef, same adorable little buttery buns.

In other words, it’s going to be okay.