In 2007, Joe Scaravella, who’d recently lost his parents and grandmother, opened an unlikely restaurant on New York’s Staten Island: Enoteca Maria, where dishes were prepared by Italian grandmothers cooking treasured regional dishes. The restaurant has since expanded to feature “Nonnas” from around the world, preparing Greek, Japanese, Spanish and Egyptian dishes as well, and has inspired a new Netflix film, “Nonnas” starring Vince Vaughn. Correspondent Jon Wertheim takes a seat at the table.
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49 Comments
❤FANTASTIC story! Thank You! ❤Love from Finland
I’m Italian but this story looks too predictable and flat to me.
I love this!
Another thing added to my bucket list!❤
Vince Vaughn, I’m no longer a fan. He kissed the ring. But thank you for the story Sunday morning.
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Every region of Italy has it's own dialect and distinct culture influenced by centuries of Etruscan,Greek, Roman, Norman, Arab, Spanish, German and French Napoleon invaders to name a few who left their mark in many marvelous ways offering us many of those recipes today we love so much!
What an amazing idea
Food is love !
The love your mother and grandmother home cooking !🍳
My boyfriend is from Staten Island. I look for-
ward to visiting Nonna's one of these days.
I would love to go there!
A truly beautiful ideal. Some food made from the heart ❤️
What a great idea, I want to eat there
This is awesome
This is very special
I love the stories you do that bring to the forefront the goodness of people. This place is fantastic. Joe's idea that eating is about comfort not about mass production and clawing to the top of some silly list is amazing. Thank you.
Loved this it makes me want my mother's food, l am italian so l learned from her but to this day , not as good as she was, warm memories smelling the meatballs and sausage, neckbones that go in the gravy, nothing like it, also good conversation and no phones, only the one on the wall, luv to all the nonnas and mother's. ❤
This is the essence of what makes America so special. We are and will always be a melting pot of all the best of humanity.
Been there three times. Lovely and delicious.
What a beautiful gift to the world. Love that the community supports this restaurant.
I want to visit the restaurant, but I no reason to watch a Trump supporter in a movie.
GREAT PIECE – indeed we need more places like this throughout our Nation where "it is all made with Love" from All the Immigrant Grandmothers of this Nation wherher your faimly settled here in 1619 or before or they came jusy this year, 2025.
We are a Nation built by Immigrants who tried to recove the Native Americans but then learned to accept, appreciate, honor and love and visa versa for the Native Americans of hhe Immigrants.
May We the People of this Nation continue to remind trumpy and his illegal administration of this Fact and Truth.
So nice 👍🏽 💜
Nonno is hungry
OMG WHAT A GREAT IDEA…..NONNAS ALWAYS PUT LOVE INTO THEIR FOOD……PLEASE EXPAND THIS TO MANHATTAN …I WOULD GO IN A HEARTBEAT.
God bless all these people
Love every minute of this…..Italian Grandma's are the best!! The food there's nothing like it!!! I'm Italian we were weaned on homemade pasta… I could live on Italian good the rest of my life….. I am a Nonna!!! 🍜🍜🤌🤌🤌……❤❤❤❤…..
Tears…..
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The best part of this story, but of course was conveniently left out and not mentioned, was the beginning , where it shows all the immigrants coming in.. the right way!
Love it
Okay THIS is thinking outside the box. Damn that’s awesome
Dang…in the U.S., you work until you die!!
I couldn't get thru this news clip without crying. I'm not sure I can watch the movie yet but God bless this man and all the Nonnas.
That sounds like one amazing place to eat ! Nothing better than grandma in the kitchen !
Love it! Awesome piece and great idea for a restaurant.
One of Staten Islanders better restaurants……
Joe, we love your restaurant! We love the Nonnas even more!!!!
Yes, Trinidad Cooking!
I wish I lived closer and eat there!
Wish I lived right around the corner from this lovely restaurant! What a loving, joyous place! Thank you for making the movie "Nonnas"! 😊❤
Just finished watching the movie “Nonnas” and had to come and find out about the man and restaurant that inspired it. Excellent!!! Wish I lived closer so I could come and enjoy!!! Mangia!!!
I’ve just watched the movie and it was incredibly heartwarming and utterly delicious! I gave it a double thumbs up. 😍👍🏼👍🏼🙌🏼
Joe doesnt just run a business, he helps creating an opportunity for these wonderful ladies. To make them feel good about themsleves again
I watched the movie yesterday and can't stop thinking about it….I so appreciate the movie did NOT make the older ladies "nonnas" look or sound "less than" like many movies do….I liked the movie yesterday and today, I love it.
Great movie with a great story behind it. I love this.🔥
I’m a resident in this neighborhood and had an anniversary dinner there a few years back. The nonna on duty that evening was from Turkey. Delicious meal. I will return one day.
Beautiful and heartwarming.
What an amazing, inspirational story. Mothers and Grandmothers are a force of nature🙏