Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family s restaurant, Dancing Zorba s, in Chicago. All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy. But Toula is looking for more in life. Her mother convinces Gus to let her take some computer classes at college (making him think it s his idea). With those classes under her belt, she then takes over her aunt s travel agency (again making her father think it s his idea). She meets Ian Miller, a high school English teacher, WASP, and dreamboat she had made a fool of herself over at the restaurant; they date secretly for a while before her family finds out. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek. He has to learn to accept Ian; Ian has to learn to accept Toula s huge family, and Toula has to learn to accept herself.