The true story that inspired 'Nonnas'

In the new Netflix movie “Nonnas," Vince Vaughn plays the founder of a Staten Island restaurant that features grandmas of the world as the chefs.

This ain’t your parent’s cooking. But it might be your grandma’s.

“Nonnas,” a new film that released on Netflix on May 9, stars Vince Vaughn as Joe Scaravella, a real-life figure who founded an Italian restaurant on Staten Island called Enoteca Maria to honor his late mother, sister and his own nonna.

But the restaurant has a unique twist — to honor his family, Scaravella hires a staff of rotating grandmothers to cook.

Now, Scaravella’s original vision, which debuted nearly 20 years ago, will be seen on a silver screen.

“Eight years ago, they bought the rights to my life, which is a little bizarre,” Scaravella tells TODAY.com. “I’m a little taken aback by it all; it’s a little difficult to digest.”