Sam moves to Nevada with his uncle to run a caf? in the middle of nowhere, and although Uncle Clem insists that nothing ever happens there, his clientele consists of a number of strange characters, including Dorothy and Toto, Elvis, and Bigfoot.
Explores the political, economic, and moral implications of dining out, and how poor working conditions, exploitation, discrimination, and unsanitary kitchens affect the meals prepared at restaurants.
Middle aged Evelyn Couch, befriends eighty-year-old Ninny Threadgood, who tells her the story of the Whistle Stop Cafe and the two women who ran it in the 1930s.
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.
An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant across the street from the United Nations, and together with a strange group of artists, waitresses, and friends, they await the end of the world.
