There's a restaurant in New York where the kitchen is exclusively run by grandmas! We all know grandma's cooking is the best anyways...
After Joe Scaravella's grandmother died in 1999, he really missed their traditional Italian family meals together.
To bring back these comforts of home, in March of 2007 he created a restaurant in Staten Island, New York, he called Enoteca Maria, where different Italian grandmothers — or 'nonnas' — would cook the meals they served their families for decades.
"They're so full of love, they hug me and they hug the customers," Scaravella, 67, tells PEOPLE in this week's issue.
Scaravella then decided he wanted, as he says, to "celebrate every culture," and added a melting pot of nonnas to his staff. There are now 30 rotating nonnas ages 50 to 91 from Italy and other countries including Japan, Peru and Sri Lanka serving up their native cuisines three nights a week to adoring diners.
What a great idea!