Thanks to an unforeseen mishap, Mr. and Mrs. Korda are nowhere to be found when their family-run restaurant is scheduled to open its doors for its first night of business. It falls to the Korda children -- Rebecca , Sam, and Max -- to hold down the fort in their parents' absence. Naturally, the big night is full of craziness, exacerbated by temperamental employees, snobbish customers, and a couple of unforeseen flies in the ointment.