Jack Armstrong (Tom Aldredge) throws both caution and his career as a chicken farmer to the wind and becomes a coffee shop owner in Greenwich Village. Unfortunately, he soon has to contend with gangsters, corrupt politicians and a variety of city slickers who want to take advantage him. Luckily, not every New Yorker is so unkind, and Jack finds some unexpected help in the form of hip local girl Denver (Joan Darling) and streetwise lawyer T.R. Kingston (Buck Henry), who help keep the cafe afloat.