The Netflix movie, which is based on a true story, follows Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn) as he quits his day job to open an Italian restaurant, Enoteca Maria, run by four "nonnas" in Staten Island.

Joe Mangani ello, who plays Scaravella’s best friend Bruno, says that learning from his real-life counterpart made his role even more meaningful. “Vince and I got to actually go to the ...

After Joe Scaravella's grandmother died in 1999, he really missed their traditional Italian family meals together. To bring back these comforts of home, in March of 2007 he created a restaurant in ...

The restaurant is now the subject of a new Netflix movie Nonnas, out May 9. Vince Vaughn stars as founder Jody “Joe” Scaravella, 69, who opened the restaurant in 2007 as an homage to the Italian women ...

A rotating staff of cooks – “ladies,” owner Joe Scaravella calls them – prepares dishes representing eight unique regions of Italy and anonymous, centuries-old recipes preserved along ...

Nonnas, premiering May 9, is a Netflix comedy telling the true-life story of Joe Scaravella, who is played by Vince Vaughn. Joe looks to honor his mother by opening a restaurant with the help of ...

In Nonnas, the Netflix movie based on Joe Scaravella’s nonnas-centric restaurant on Staten Island, Vince Vaughn ‘s Joe is inspired to open the fictional version of Enoteca Maria after his mother dies, ...

In 2007, Joe Scaravella opened Enoteca Maria, a Staten Island restaurant that hired grandmothers to work as its cooks. Almost two decades later, Scaravella’s story has been dramatized on screen in ...

Lorraine Bracco as Roberta, Talia Shire as Teresa, Brenda Vaccaro as Antonella and Vince Vaughn as Joe Scaravella in Nonnas. Photo Credit: Jeong Park/Netflix ...

Nonnas is a heartwarming story about love, cooking and family. The Netflix movie, which is based on a true story, follows Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn) as he quits his day job to open an Italian ...

Netflix© 2025 Vince Vaughn as Joe Scaravella in Nonnas. 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.