Grand Opening

Synopsis

The building was cheap because the street is dead, and the street is dead because the buildings are cheap, and Vince Ferrante has spent eleven months and every dollar he could borrow on the conviction that somebody has to go first. The ribbon is at eleven on Saturday. The mayor is coming, which was Vince's idea and has become Vince's problem. As of Thursday afternoon the sign reads GRAND OPENIN, the walk-in is running at fifty-one degrees, and his brother-in-law the contractor has stopped answering a telephone that Vince pays for.

Who this is about

Vince Ferrante has sunk eleven months and every borrowed dollar into a restaurant on a dead street, on the theory that somebody has to go first.

What goes wrong

The health inspector, the sign company, his brother-in-law the contractor and the mayor's office each have one small problem, and the ribbon is at eleven on Saturday.

What's at stake

He has borrowed from three people who all know each other and speak regularly.

Why it keeps going

Each episode one problem is solved by the creation of a slightly larger one.

Takeaway

A man will move heaven and earth rather than admit he should have opened on a Tuesday.

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