Piper (Elisabeth Harnois) moves to Santa Cruz, California to go to the Institute of Art. When she was 15, she gave birth to a daughter, but had to put her up for adoption because she was too young to raise her. Years later, she sees an article about a girl she thinks is her daughter, who lives in Santa Cruz, and applies for a job in a sandwich shop, The Beach City Grill. As she works there, she gets to know the staff. Tish (Danneel Ackles) is a babe, she tries to seduce every guy who comes into the shop, and she goes home with those who flirt back. Jen (Clea DuVall), a computer nerd who has a love affair online with a guy who calls himself fuzzy22 (Jordan Belfi). She's not as pretty as Tish and she struggles with self-confidence. And there's a crazy-haired guy called Priestly (Jensen Ackles); he's not like other guys and dresses different then everyone because he refuses to be "another clone." Piper's boss is a really nice guy named Trucker (John Doe), who's in love with a woman who owns the store across the street (Alice Krige). The audience goes through the sandwich shop crew's personal struggles as they help each other through it all.