This article briefly describes how a fifth-grade class collaborated with a downtown diner for several months and then actually ran the restaurant for four hours. Through the Chatters Cafe, a local high school cafe that serves as a culinary arts training ground for high school students, fifth graders had the opportunity to prepare and serve dinner to their parents. They also had the opportunity to help tsunami victims by donating their earnings to the Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund. The project worked its way into the curriculum in several ways and it provided a fun learning experience for fifth graders.