Netflix's 2025 biographical comedy drama starring Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, and Lorraine Bracco is based on a true story, ...

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 ...

When it first opened, it only featured Italian nonnas. Now, the roster includes grandmothers from Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Trinidad, Syria, Japan and beyond.

Enoteca Maria is so booked, in fact, that Nonnas director Stephen Chbosky revealed that he had a hard time booking a last-minute table for his star, Susan Sarandon. “Susan Sarandon’s assistant ...

Maria Giannella, a nonna from Naples, Italy, said that she has been working at Enoteca Maria for more than two years. She said she learned how to cook from her own grandmother, and now especially ...

Inside Enoteca Maria, a restaurant on N.Y.C.'s Staten Island that employs a rotating roster of 'nonnas' who cook their traditional international cuisines ...

TIME went to the real Enoteca Maria to chat with the owner Scaravella over espresso. Boasting grey curly hair, small wiry eyeglasses, and a t-shirt with Gene Wilder’s face on it from Young ...

Joe Scaravella is a true Brooklyn native who opened his restaurant, Enoteca Maria, on Staten Island in 2007. Just like in the film, the restaurant is named after his grandmother, Domenica, and his ...

A nonna from Chios, Greece named Ploumitsa found a new community at Enoteca Maria after the death of her husband in 2016. "Very nice ladies," she said.

Enoteca Maria is located at 27 Hyatt St. in St. George and can be reached at 718-447-2777 or EnotecaMaria.com. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, ...

Enoteca Maria’s journey began when Brooklyn born-and-raised Joe Scaravella reminisced about going to the market as a child with his own nonna, Domenica.

Today, Enoteca Maria has two kitchens – one for its in-house chefs, who prepare Italian cuisine – and another, for the visiting nonna. Sometimes, there are two visiting nonnas on duty.