The long-time owners of a local restaurant and neighborhood gathering place struggle to keep their business open when a wanna-be political activist, running for office, wants to close the shop because she believes it is an easy target and a way of demonstrating her concern for poor people, though in reality she considers the store and its clientele nothing more than riff-raff. Ultimately, the neighborhood, most all of whom have been helped at some point by the Simpson's store, comes to the shop's rescue and show that their community and the store's clientele are a lot stronger than the politico expected.