Missing your grandma’s cooking? Headover to the grandma restaurant in Staten Island!
Are you among the lucky ones who have enjoyed meals prepared at home by your dear grandmother?
In case, if she wasn’t there and you haven’t already tasted your grandmother’s specialties, then there’s a restaurant in Staten Island, New York City, that guarantees it!
So, the next time you’re visiting the Statue of Liberty in NYC, make sure to stop by the kitchen at 27 Hyatt Street. According to the Good News Network, one of the city’s most unique restaurants is located there.
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Enoteca Maria was started by son of Sicilian immigrants – Joe Scaravella, in 2007 by a staff of Italian Nonne or grandmothers. He missed his own grandma and her amazing cooking.
According to Scaravella, his grandma was the sweetest woman alive, the best cook ever, and who also raised him. However, what began as a celebration of his Sicilian roots soon turned into a rich culinary and cultural resource.
The restaurant which serves on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, has a different menu each weekend, which is designed and cooked completely by grandmothers from around the world.
In addition to filling up the reservation book, Scaravella started a project called “Nonnas of the World“, a virtual register where the grandmothers’ recipes and memories are shared.
This register ensures that everyone will have access to authentic and original recipes from around the world.
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The “Nonnas of the World” project features traditional home cooking by family members who nearly always do it best, from Syria to Peru, Japan to Sicily.
Whether they are American citizens, visiting grandmothers, or even refugees, the food and recipes are prepared the way they should be, the way they always have been.
Since 2007, more than 100 ladies have made entries in the register, according to the BBC, representing 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 Yumi prepares dengaku, which is sliced and steamed eggplant with a sweet miso sauce, Grandma Rosa from Peru makes ceviche or lomo saltado.
A restaurant called La Mamma Mia was opened in London based on a similar concept after Enoteca Maria’s success.
