At the restaurant, Enoteca Maria, real grandmothers are hired as chefs to serve cuisine from their country

May 23, 2025 6:50 AM

Nonna's Calendar
https://www.enotecamaria.com/wp/nonnas-of-the-world-calendar/

How much do they get paid? That's Nonna your buisness

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Customers on their way out after getting stuffed for 3 continuous hours:

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

i would love nothing more than to get paired up with people to help make and learn the family recipes.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This looks like the premise of a movie that I just watched

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That is because this is the restaurant the movie was based on.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Reminds me of the deli near my old job. They served hot food and that part was run by the owners Italian great-grandmother. You'd walk up, tell her what you wanted, then she'd say no, ramble at you in Italian for about 90 seconds, then serve you whatever she felt like, and you ate it because everything there was delicious.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I've been here and loved it. It wasn't the best meal I've ever had, but it tasted homemade and it was incredible

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

So it does have chefs, they're just not always the same day to day

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Pretty decent movie. I cried because I miss my grandma

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That's really great idea if it's because they wanna work and not because you can't retire in your old age since you have nothing to live by.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

o fuck I'm in

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This! All I want is enough money for this to be at my house

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Jewelry, especially arm jewelry, does not belong in kitchens...

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Are you going to be the one to tell them ?

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Grandma had her cornea reground and doesn't see too well, you're lucky if she grabbed the ground beef out of the freezer and not something else

1 year ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

The idea is cool and all but this seems like sneaky marketing for the Netflix movie about it.

1 year ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 2

I'm surprised they pass health inspections. Isn't it basically a requirement that grandmas lick their fingers as they cook? Like a dad slapping a heavy load and saying "that's not going anywhere" or clicking tongs together?

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What country is this?

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

It's in the US. Specifically, Staten Island, in New York City.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dammit - a long way from me. Enjoy that food, USAns.

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there is also no menu. you will get served food and you will not be allowed to leave the table until everything is eaten.

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Watch the new movie “nonnas”!

1 year ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

and buy the merch!

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Rotating grandmas from throughout the world. So it's specialist Doner kebabs?

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I'll bet the food is good! I lost my grandparents a long time ago, I still remember the smells of the kitchen, food cooking, cakes baking, it was heaven.

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I dont see them rotating much...

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There’s currently a movie on Netflix, Nonnas, starring Vincent Vaugh, that is based on this restaurant ❤️

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Walking in Staten: https://vimeo.com/649641988

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

None of those Grandmas are rotating, or even turning quickly. Fake News!!!


/s

1 year ago | Likes 106 Dislikes 4

In a sense, everything is rotating. From sub-atomic particles to the galaxies themselves, everything spins.

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so anything could be a loading icon!

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My grandma died 6 years ago. Aside from being a wonderful person and my biggest supporter, I miss her cooking so damn much. Her meatloaf was my all time favourite dish.
Also my granddad used to go picking blackberries on the end of their road and my grandma would make them into a crumble and serve it with double cream. The warm blackberries and cold cream that turned purple as the juices leaked into it is a core childhood memory for me. I see that and I'm 8y/o again with no problems or worries.

1 year ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 1

I was that way with my grandmother's kitchen, especially her spice cabinet. When I was 6, I asked her to always have a container of Strawberry Quik waiting for me in the summer and that wonderful woman always delivered.

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Mine was like that with Mr Kipling apple pies. She knew I loved them and always had a pack of them ready to go when she knew I was coming over.
My grandma was the kind of person where you couldn't go to her house and not feel welcome. I'd bring friends over to meet her and they were instantly just one of the family as far as she was concerned. I miss her so much.

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Thanks for sharing a bit of her with us

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Vince Vaughn in the movie Nonnas looks nothing like the owner of this restaurant. I’m not travelling to Staten Island to find out the veal saltimbocca is looks like a Wiener schnitzel too.

1 year ago | Likes 54 Dislikes 2

As someone who's been to the real life restaurant, absolutely worth a trip

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Yeah but Bruno was spot on

1 year ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

In Staten Island. So you'll have to visit Staten Island.

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Always a catch, lol

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This place is real?! I just watched a movie about it with Vince Vaughn.

1 year ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Did you not see the based on a true story at the beginning or the scenes of the real people in the credits?

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I guess not.

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‘Well, at least it’s not an island’— Joey Tribbiani

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Is thay Randy Daytona, totally normal human bartender?

1 year ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Correct, he is the best in Serving normal human beverages.

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It's in Staten Island but only barely. Take the ferry and it's like a half mile walk off the terminal in Staten Island so you don't actually have to suffer through much of the borough

1 year ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Go to the US? Fuck off with that nonsense.

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I live here and have the same vibe.

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I'm 30 mins from the border and you'd have to pay me exhorbitant amounts of money to risk being human-trafficked crossing over.

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Are you up for adopting some imgurians?

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dayum, I don't have anything clever, that's a really cool concept

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I had this thought years ago. A Peruvian friend invited me to try one of his grandma's specials. I immediately wanted a restaurant that served her food as well as my Great Aunt Pielana's (Paulina us kids had trouble pronouncing it, so it changed) meatloaf and baked beans. I am glad someone worked it out

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Vince Vaughn movie concept

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Their best receipts:

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It is, but how does it work? Do they fly in the grandmas? Where do they live? How long do they stay? Are they trained to work in a professional setting? Sounds like a logistical nightmare.

1 year ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

They're grandmas who live in NYC. There's a truckload of people who live here lol

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Could be grandmas that were previously in good service "I'm bored and don't want to cook for my own family anymore"

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Probably just have to do a basic food safety course. Otherwise I would imagine they do it family style, with one service a night and everyone eats the same thing at the same time.
No idea where they would live though, but I amigine if it's a rotation they are locals. There's plenty of grandma's from all over in NYC.

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