Arty Trisha and sensible sister Clare open their new Edinburgh cafe together. Polish chef Krzysztof and uninvited waitress Lizzie both help and hinder, but will they all even get through Day 1?

Free spirit Trisha returns to her native city of Edinburgh after years of living in London. Trisha, a generally relaxed and positive art teacher is coping with not only unexpectedly losing her job, but also trying to repair her bruised heart. Nonetheless, she arrives at Waverley Station enthusiastic and eager for the next chapter of her life to begin.

Trisha's solvent big sister Clare is a non-practising qualified accountant, has been married for years, has 2 spoiled teenage children and has probably spent too much time on the school PTA. Clare struggles with a tendency towards suburban snobbery and an obsessive need to control but happily facilitates the opening of 'Cafe Culture' in leafy Bruntsfield, which marks the beginning of a whole new era for both sisters. Throw in temperamental opera-loving Polish chef, Krzysztof and a strangely forward teenage customer, Lizzie and you have the perfect recipe for volatile relationship tension, a lot of laughs and a few secrets for good measure.

Who keeps phoning Trisha? What's really going on in Clare's perfect family? What is Krzysztof's past and what on earth is it with Lizzie and her acquisitive habit? Set against the backdrop of a nation caught up in its own identity debate, Trisha, Clare, Krzysztof and Lizzie are all at a crossroads one way and another. Who are they really, what are they doing with their lives and, more importantly, will they actually get through their first day's business in the cafe?