Joe Scaravella

Jody "Joe" Scaravella is an American restaurateur best known as the founder of Enoteca Maria, a restaurant named for his mother and located on Staten Island, New York. Established in 2007, the restaurant is known for its concept of featuring grandmothers ("nonnas") from around the world as rotating chefs, each preparing traditional homestyle meals from their native cuisines.

Scaravella and his restaurant are the subjects of the Netflix film Nonnas, directed by Stephen Chbosky, in which Vince Vaughn plays Scaravella.

Early life Jody Scaravella was born in Brooklyn, New York, in the mid-1950s, to Maria and her husband. As an adult, he worked for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.