Missing your grandma’s cooking? Headover to the grandma restaurant in Staten Island!
Were you lucky enough to enjoy meals prepared at home by your dear grandmother?
Even if she wasn’t there and you haven’t tasted delicacies prepared by your grandmother, there’s a restaurant in Staten Island, New York City, that guarantees it!
According to the Good News Network, one of the city’s most unique restaurants is located at 27 Hyatt Street.
So, the next time you’re visiting the Statue of Liberty in NYC, make sure to stop by at Enoteca Maria, a grandma restaurant in Staten Island.
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In 2007, Joe Scaravella, son of Sicilian immigrants, started Enoteca Maria by a staff of Italian Nonne or grandmothers since he missed his own grandma and her amazing cooking.
Scaravella considers his grandma the best cook in the world and thought of her as the sweetest woman to ever live, who also raised him.
He started the restaurant with the intention of celebrating his Sicilian roots, however, it soon turned into a rich culinary and cultural resource.
The restaurant has a different menu each weekend and serves on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The menu is completely designed and cooked by grandmothers from around the world.
Apart from filling up the reservation book, Scaravella also started a project called “Nonnas of the World“, a virtual register where the grandmothers’ recipes and memories are shared.
So if you are looking for authentic and original recipes from around the world, then this register ensures that everyone will have access to them.
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From Syria to Peru, Japan to Sicily, the “Nonnas of the World” project features traditional home cooking by family members who nearly always do it best.
The food and recipes are prepared the way they should be, as they always have been, by either American citizens, visiting grandmothers, or even refugees.
Since 2007, more than 100 ladies have made entries in the register, according to the BBC, to represent countries like Sri Lanka, Syria, Bulgaria, Greece, South Korea, and Siberia.
Meanwhile, La Reppublica notes that grandmas from Egypt, Peru, Japan, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Turkey, and Argentina have also visited.
While Grandma Rosa from Peru makes ceviche or lomo saltado, Grandma Yumi prepares dengaku, which is sliced and steamed eggplant with a sweet miso sauce.
After Enoteca Maria’s success, a restaurant called La Mamma Mia was opened in London based on a similar concept .
