The real Joe Scaravella seen behind the counter of his restaurant ‘Enoteca Maria’ where grandmothers (Nonnas) make food on Staten Island, New York, USA, 27 October 2017. Photo: Johannes ...

Vince Vaughn, Joe Scaravella, Bruno Tropeano and Joe Manganiello as Bruno on the set of Nonnas. Netflix In the film, Vaughn plays Scaravella, who appeared on Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist on ...

This ain’t your parent’s cooking. But it might be your grandma’s. “Nonnas,” a new film that released on Netflix on May 9, stars Vince Vaughn as Joe Scaravella, a real-life figure who ...

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 ...

Stephen Chbosky's Nonnas is a Netflix comedy-drama movie, released on 9th May 2025. It is based on a true story that tells us about Joe Scaravella, who chooses to establish an Italian restaurant ...

Susan Sarandon as Gia, Brenda Vaccaro as Antonella and Talia Shire as Teresa in "Nonnas" (Netflix) “One day, a young guy came in and ordered it. He was sitting by himself,” Scaravella recalls.

Nonnas is based on the true story of Joe Scaravella, a transportation worker who opened a restaurant in Staten Island, New York, in 2007 after missing the home-cooked Italian dishes made by his ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Joe Scaravella, the founder of Enoteca Maria in St. George, recently shared that there are plans to produce a sequel to “Nonnas,” the film on his beloved Italian ...

As a young boy, Joe Scaravella (Theodore Helm) returns from a bakery to a warm, bustling household of friends and relatives. In the kitchen, he beams at the sight of his angelic mom (Kate Eastman ...

In Nonnas, food is as much a vehicle for nostalgia as it is for love and grief. When Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn) thinks back to his childhood in the 1960s, his plates are abundant and vibrant.

Yes, the Nonnas movie on Netflix is based on the true story of Jody “Joe” Scaravella and the real-life Enoteca Maria restaurant in New York City, an Italian restaurant that employs ...