Diego (René Alvarado) is a handsome young man working at his family’s restaurant in East Los Angeles and secretly having an affair with Pablo, a closeted real estate agent. In the rush of white folks moving into the largely Latino neighborhood come Wesley (Steve Callahan) and Jonathan (Cory Schneider), a gay couple. Diego, frustrated with hiding his relationship with Pablo, soon falls for Wesley. But in this fast changing neighborhood, old prejudices still remain, and their affair won’t be easy…

Director Carlos Portugal’s East Side Story tells its tale with a pitch-perfect mixture of comedy and drama in describing the lives of these four men and the neighborhood changing quickly around them.