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 ...

Although “Nonnas” is not an explicitly religious movie, the film’s motif of meals as a conduit for community is certainly ...

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 ...

I might never make red sauce without this again. Even if you grew up associating “gravy” with the white, sausage-studded ...

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 ...

Vince Vaughn and the real Joe Scaravella at the “Nonnas” premiere in April 2025 (Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Netflix) And yes, Joe is actually a real person.

Jeong Park/Netflix | Nonnas. (L-R) Susan Sarandon as Gia, Talia Shire as Teresa, Vince Vaughn as Joe Scaravella, Brenda Vaccaro as Antonella and Lorraine Bracco as Roberta in Nonnas. Cr. Jeong ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vince Vaughn stars as founder Jody “Joe” Scaravella, 69, who opened the restaurant in 2007 as an homage to the Italian women who made him love cooking, his grandmother Domenica and his mother ...