Air dates

October 18, 2009
4:00 AM Comings and Goings
4:26 AM Winds of Change
October 11, 2009
4:00 AM The Gift
4:30 AM All's Well That Ends Well
October 4, 2009
4:00 AM Walls and Bridges
4:30 AM Helping Hands
September 27, 2009
4:00 AM The People's Choice
4:26 AM Outside Looking In
September 20, 2009
4:00 AM United We Stand
4:26 AM Opportunity Knocks
September 13, 2009
4:00 AM Breaking Away
4:30 AM The Bottom Line
September 6, 2009
4:00 AM Trading Places
4:30 AM Life Goes On
August 30, 2009
4:00 AM No Vacancy
4:30 AM Turning Points
August 23, 2009
4:00 AM Rush to Judgment
4:30 AM Let the Buyer Beware
August 16, 2009
4:00 AM Fish Out of Water
4:30 AM Family Matters
August 9, 2009
4:00 AM Lost and Found
4:30 AM Time Is Money
August 2, 2009
4:00 AM Worlds Apart
4:30 AM Who's the Boss?

Crossroads Café

Curricular Area: Adult Literacy

Grade Level: 9-12+

Program Web Site:
Crossroads Café
Teacher Guide:
See Web site

Record Rights: Record/retain for as long as IPTV broadcasts the series. No duplication allowed.

Series Length:
26 programs

Program Length:
30 minutes


This English language learner (ELL) series blends comedy and drama to teach English to speakers of other languages. The stories feature characters whose lives intersect at Crossroad Café, a neighborhood restaurant, where together they experience the struggles, conflicts, joys and victories of everyday life.


101. Opening Day
Victor Brashov’s new restaurant is about to open, but still doesn’t have a name or any employees.

102. Growing Pains
Henry’s plans to work at the café unravel; a demanding health and safety inspector visits the café.

103. Worlds Apart
When her boyfriend arrives from Mexico, Rosa must make a difficult decision; Brashov grapples with insomnia.

104. Who’s the Boss?
Jamal unexpectedly runs into two old friends who think he’s the owner of the café.

105. Lost and Found
When Katherine’s son has behavior problems in school, he gets help from an unexpected source; Jess and Carol’s house is burglarized.

106. Time Is Money
Brashov brings in an over-eager efficiency expert; Rosa struggles in her night school class.

107. Fish Out of Water
Brashov’s brother arrives from Romania only to find that life in the United States is not what he expected.

108. Family Matters
Katherine takes a second job to make ends meet; Rosa teaches Henry to dance.

109. Rush to Judgment
Jamal is a suspect in a bank robbery; Henry’s grandparents get lost in the city.

110. Let the Buyer Beware
Brashov falls for a woman who promises to improve the café’s business; Katherine reluctantly goes on a date.

111. No Vacancy
Rosa runs into an unexpected roadblock when she tries to move to a new apartment; Henry tries his hand at journalism.

112. Turning Points
The café is vandalized; Rosa learns to drive.

113. Trading Places
The café employees switch jobs for a day with mixed results; Jess and Carol have problems at home.

114. Life Goes On
The café employees try to cope while Brashov is in the hospital.

115. Breaking Away
Henry and his Caucasian girlfriend are forced to deal with reactions from their parents; a laundromat opens next door to the café.

116. The Bottom Line
Brashov tries to attract more business so he can impress the bank and qualify for a loan.

117. United We Stand
When her apartment landlord refuses to make repairs, Rosa and the other tenants fight back; Henry makes a documentary for his journalism class.

118. Opportunity Knocks
Jamal is offered an engineering job; Brashov buys a jukebox for the café.

119. The People’s Choice
Jess runs for city council; Jamal’s cousin visits from Egypt and falls in love with Rosa.

120. Outside Looking In
Rosa enters high society; the café landlord’s son disrupts work at the café.

121. Walls and Bridges
Rosa comes to the aid of a student whose father wants her to quit school; Brashov struggles with his citizenship exam.

122. Helping Hands
The café employees help a homeless man get on his feet; Jamal and his family take a trip.

123. The Gift
Brashov is convinced everyone has forgotten his birthday; someone from Brashov’s past pays an unexpected visit.

124. All’s Well That Ends Well
Katherine’s wedding day is a near disaster; Henry is caught in a snowstorm.

125. Comings and Goings
Henry pursues his plans to become a rock star; Katherine’s going-away party takes an unexpected turn.

126. Winds of Change
The café employees face difficult choices about their futures.

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