Chris Woodbeck is the owner, and he grew up in the Mohawk Valley in Frankfort. After high school, he went to college in Portland Oregon, and ended up working on campus as a cook. “I used to cook at home when I was young. My mom let me be free-thinking and play with the sauce, but it was mainly because my mom didn’t make good food I think.”
 

The name is a combination of his grandfather’s name, Macrina, and Mangia which means eat in Italian.