The tale of a group of young friends struggling to keep their dreams alive in Hoboken, New Jersey. The stories of these twenty-somethings intersect at J.T. McClure's, an upscale bar and grill where most of them make a living while chasing their ambitions on their days off. At the center of this group of actors, writers and performers, is longtime bartender Chris, an anguished playwright who is struggling with the end of recent relationships, while taking his first step toward starting another with the newest waitress/singer at work. As their lives entwine, passions arise, tempers spark and searing questions about race, lust and friendship haunt each of them.