Steinbrenner becomes intrigued when he smells George’s lunch during a meeting. George explains that it is an eggplant calzone and allows him to taste it. Steinbrenner then has George bring him a calzone for lunch every day. One day at the Paisano restaurant, George puts some money into the tip jar but realizes his gesture was unnoticed by the employee. George tries to fish out the money in order to replace it and get recognition for his tip. Then the Counter Guy (Peter Allas) turns and, under the impression that George is stealing money from the jar, refuses to sell him any more calzones. In anxiety, George recommends to Steinbrenner that they try something new for lunch the next day. Steinbrenner insists that they continue to keep their routine. George makes a deal to obtain the calzones from Newman, whose mail route brings him past Paisano’s every day. Naturally, Newman dickers: “Well, for starters I want a calzone of my own… And a slice of pepperoni pizza and a large soda and three times a week I will require a cannoli.”
Meanwhile, Kramer is raving about wearing clothes “straight out of the dryer,” because the warmth is comfortable; and Elaine’s new friend, Todd Gack (John D’Aquino), is dating her without really ever asking her out. This puzzles her, and Jerry explains, “Because if he doesn’t ask you out, he doesn’t get rejected. He has found a dating loophole.”
Jerry takes advantage of his beautiful girlfriend Nicki’s (Danette Tays) ability to get anything she wants, including convincing a cop to not give Jerry a speeding ticket. Todd Gack offers to sell Jerry some Cuban cigars, which Jerry thinks “might be a nice idea for George’s wedding,” but they turn out to be from Peru. Kramer starts using Jerry’s oven to warm his clothing.
When Newman decides not to go to work because it is raining, George asks Kramer to get him a calzone so that he can stay in Steinbrenner’s good graces. Kramer agrees, but also, because he got wet in the rain, puts his clothes in the pizza oven at Paisano’s, and they get burned. He tries to pay the calzone seller with pennies and an argument ensues; the Counter Guy kicks Kramer out of the restaurant. Kramer goes to George’s office and drops his burnt clothes by a vent.
Jerry and Elaine lose Nicki and Todd to one another, when Nicki sees Todd about the cigars but he winds up wheedling another “non-date date” dinner with her. Jerry and Elaine are smoking the Peruvian cigars, which “smell like a rubber fire”; when Elaine asks Jerry if he wound up paying for them, Jerry says, “It’s being taken care of right now.” The scene cuts to Kramer knocking at Todd’s apartment door, then tossing him a large, heavy sock full of pennies.
The calzone smell from Kramer’s clothes wafts into Steinbrenner’s office, and he runs to George’s office, thinking he has calzones. Steinbrenner realizes the smell is from the clothes, and, like Kramer, thinks, “Heating up your clothes? That’s not a bad idea.”