S teps from the ferry terminal in the New York City borough of Staten Island, in a neighborhood overlooking the lower Manhattan skyline, is Enoteca Maria, a 35-seat restaurant where the chefs are ...

The Italian grandmothers rediscover themselves through cooking at Enoteca Maria. Joe Manganiello as Bruno and Vince Vaughn as Joe Scaravella in Nonnas. (Netflix) ...

With the help of his wary but supportive best friend Bruno (Manganiello), Joe uses the money from his mother's inheritance to open up a local Italian restaurant, Enoteca Maria, to honor her memory ...

Joe Scaravella, who is based on the real-life restaurant owner of the same name, was able to revitalize and save his restaurant, Enoteca Maria.

Enoteca Maria's Joe Scaravella, right, with 'Nonna' Elvira Pantaleo from Palermo, Italy, as she prepares food in the kitchen. ILLUSTRATION: Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal.

Enoteca Maria, an Italian restaurant on Staten Island, has no head chef. Instead, the owner brings in Italian grandmas to cook up the regional dishes they learned from their parents and grandparents.

Steps from the ferry terminal in the New York City borough of Staten Island, in a neighborhood overlooking the lower Manhattan skyline, is Enoteca Maria, a 35-seat restaurant where the chefs are ...

“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 ...

Scaravella put out an ad looking for real grandmothers to cook in his restaurant. So many people responded, from all over the world, that Enoteca Maria ended up having a rotating line of chefs.

S teps from the ferry terminal in the New York City borough of Staten Island, in a neighborhood overlooking the lower Manhattan skyline, is Enoteca Maria, a 35-seat restaurant where the chefs are ...