It may not have any Michelin stars, but this restaurant on Staten Island in NYC is well worth the trip to get a taste of ...

Nonnas is a heartfelt story about grief, food, and family. But the real story of Joe Scaravella and Enoteca Maria is even better. Read on to learn more about the Nonnas true story, the real Joe ...

Director Stephen Chbosky highlights the "amazing women" being celebrated in the film, based on a true story, starring Vince ...

“Nonnas,” a new film that released on Netflix on May 9, stars Vince Vaughn as Joe Scaravella, a real-life figure who founded an Italian restaurant on Staten Island called Enoteca Maria to ...

The three original grandmothers in the kitchen when Enoteca Maria first opened are featured in Scaravella’s cookbook Nonna’s House, which profiles different grandmothers that have cooked at ...

Directed by Stephen Chbosky, with a screenplay written by Liz Maccie, Nonnas is based on the true story of real Staten Island restaurant, Enoteca Maria, where all the food is made not by ...

In addition to serving up meals made with love, Enoteca Maria even offers free classes, allowing individuals to receive cooking tutorials from the nonna chefs themselves. As for the grandmothers ...

If you can manage to make it through the short featurette about Enoteca Maria’s real-life nonnas without getting misty — it rolls just before the credits — you’re tougher than me.

Scaravella had no restaurant experience when he decided to open Enoteca Maria. The other is family. He was inspired by his own nonna and his mother, the eatery’s namesake. “Nonnas” weaves ...

Scaravella is the owner of Enoteca Maria, the real-life Staten Island restaurant that inspired the new Netflix comedy “Nonnas,” released last week. Often cooked with breadcrumbs, garlic ...

Joe enlists a quartet of nonnas to be the chefs at a new restaurant he plans to open on Staten Island: Enoteca Maria, in honor of the women in his family. There’s Roberta (Lorraine Bracco), his ...