The Tender Bar tells the story of J.R. (Tye Sheridan), a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie (Ben Affleck), is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures.
En 1972, J.R. Maguire, de 9 años, se muda a la casa en ruinas de su abuelo en Long Island, Nueva York. En busca de una figura paterna, J.R. cae bajo la tutela poco convencional de su tío Charlie.