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A recent sunny Saturday Joe Scaravella painfully through its Sangiovese grapes in purple Converse and thresholds Denim, a thick gold chain around his neck. "I have no time to sleep," he sighed.
It is because he lives a double life. Much of the day, Mr. Scaravella, 54, works full-time work as a forecaster of equipment Metropolitan Transit Authority in Brooklyn, New York, but almost all Mr. Scaravella night is best known as the founder and owner of Enoteca Maria, an Italian restaurant 35 seats it has generated for the release is to attract visitors from other countries and even Manhattan, Staten Island for the dream of a meal.
Enoteca Maria's popularity is in large part to his "nonna" plenty of local Italian grandmothers running shifts, cooking until specialties on the basis of what is available that night. And what is available is based in part on what the ingredients are more inclined Scaravella Mr. terrace garden behind his house on the hill.
Only in the fifth of a hectare, Mr Scaravella garden overlooking the harbor, Brooklyn and the Verrazano Bridge. Each parcel of land is occupied by a variety of foods including arugula, pumpkin, watermelon business peaches, figs and San Marzano tomatoes. Last year, Mr. Scaravella find the central square of 30 and Sangiovese grapes, spent much of the afternoon crawling along Hill weeding their small vineyard.
Many plants were donated by neighbors and customers. Scaravella As such, he does not know the names of half of the grape is increasing. But in the last two years, he and his band of friends and volunteers attended the protocol carefully for biodynamic agriculture, a process that involves planting according to the lunar cycle and use a potion spray things like animal skulls bladders filled with oak bark and deer stuffed with yarrow flowers using compost and fertilizer. The next year, hoping to get their plot Scaravella the first certified biodynamic farm in the five boroughs.
"It gives you a plus if you have your own garden, because everything tastes better, "said Tattfoo Tan, a local artist who helped clear the rocks and pull weeds. Mr. Scaravella said he would like more help, but distrust of foreigners after a voluntary cut some vines, which are included as cases. "I broke heart, "he said.
Front garden of Mr. Scaravella modest two-bedroom, two full bathrooms Dutch colonial family memories and flea market finds. He and his wife separated two years ago, one of her son helps her in restaurants and staying in the guest room, ruining any chance of me being a bachelor, "he joked. His mother, whose restaurant is called, is a strong presence. Your old ceramic dishes painted with images of Norman Rockwell, based on a wooden railing that runs around the room, and his old bag hangs a chair, she sat in
Born of Italian immigrants, grew up in Brooklyn Scaravella, working-class neighborhood of Bath Beach and lived in the same block for 50 years until most of his immediate family died. In 2006 he bought his house here for 673,000 $, Convinced that she was destined to him when he saw the train flat spots where you could see his mother. (Houses on the same street are listed in the $ 663,000 and $ 844,000.)
Mr. Scaravella said he had no intention of opening a restaurant when he meets a rental shop, while hunting, one morning for a breakfast pastry. Put an ad in a local Italian language newspaper women for a cook, and when as far as the Bronx came to show their best creations trays, decided to try a rotation heads instead of one. Turano Rosa readers in New Jersey, once a week for cooking Northern Italian specialties like salt cod milk and cheese, rabbit stew with cinnamon. Because your husband is diabetic, Ms. Turano said that only in the restaurant that she can "use butter and cream and make things that I really do. "
Most nights, Mr. Scaravella drinks and chats with guests at the restaurant "The morning hours and every holiday birthday by blasting the Beatles song "Birthday" on the stereo. He plans to open another restaurant near the kitchen of "the world nonna the world. "
But Mr. Scaravella said he did not intend to quit her job, which provides health benefits and retirement. After long nights in the restaurant, Mr. Scaravella sometimes "gets a little groggy" Romanzi said Vincent, manager Mr. Scaravella in the MTA. "But cup of coffee and returned to normal. "
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