When a young woman and a Vietnamese refugee wander into a small diner a few days before Christmas, the lives of the diner's other customers are changed forever.
A history of the McDonald's Corporation, from the first drive-in restaurant opened by the McDonald brothers in Pasadena in 1937 through the opening of franchises in Iceland, Kuwait, and Bulgaria, focusing on the leadership of entrepreneur Ray Kroc.
Follows a family through a typical day as they participate in the variety of activities involved in running their small Italian restaurant in New York City.
Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.
Eleven-year-old Clara Frankofile sits in her parents' elegant New York City restaurant, Pish Posh, and passes judgment on each customer as a Somebody or a Nobody, but her all-seeing eyes fail to observe the mysterious events occurring right under her nose.
When Mei-Mei fails in her attempt to earn money through a cookie sale for the expensive toy bear she wants for Christmas, her mother helps her to see a special gift she has had all along.