 Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa ( Danny Aiello  (qv)) in New York? Anything but as tonight s guests include; a local police detective and his wife specially invited by the owner; on the balcony rival bookmaker gangsters from Queens who want to become partners in the restaurant; in the corner renowned food critic  the food nymph  is her usual demanding self; and at the bar, seemingly unnoticed, is Ken ( John Corbett  (qv)). As the evening continues enter Duncan ( Kirk Acevedo  (qv)), inveterate gambler and sous-chef on-the-line in the frenetic kitchen downstairs, who acts as the catalyst that causes the evening to draw to its inevitable, explosive, deadly conclusion.