One of the best things about blogging for me is the connections I have made and continue to make. Life, after all, is all about our connections. You never know who you are going to meet, or how those chance meetings and moments will inspire or motivate you or others around you. We live in a great big world, with a population of almost 7.5 billion people. It sounds huge, but it’s funny how one little spark or conversation, or in this case, blog, brings us all so much closer together and lessens the gap between us, only to make us realize that the world around us really isn’t so big after all.
Recently, I posted about our fettuccine Alfredo dinner. Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken, Broccoli and Mushrooms When you send a blog post out it goes into the infamous world beyond, and no one knows who will see it or where it will go. Once it is released from your finger tips and into the cosmos, it is out of your control, and lands where it lands. Well, this particular blog post of mine landed with Ines Di Lelio, whose grandfather just happened to be the famous Alfredo Di Lelio, who is the creator of “Fettuccine all’Alfredo” . Ines contacted me and told me Alfredo’s story and I would like to share it with all of you. I was totally blown away and honored by this new connection. My head is still a bit in the clouds, and it all still seems more than a bit surreal to me.
~ Alfredo di Lelio ~

I am sending you Ines’ e-mail to me, both in English and Italian.
HISTORY OF ALFREDO DI LELIO CREATOR IN 1908 OF “FETTUCCINE ALL’ALFREDO” (“FETTUCCINE ALFREDO”), NOW SERVED BY HIS NEPHEW INES DI LELIO, AT THE RESTAURANT “IL VERO ALFREDO” – “ALFREDO DI ROMA” IN ROME, PIAZZA AUGUSTO IMPERATORE 30
With reference to your article I have the pleasure to tell you the history of my grandfather Alfredo Di Lelio, who is the creator of “Fettuccine all’Alfredo” (“Fettuccine Alfredo”) in 1908 in the “trattoria” run by his mother Angelina in Rome, Piazza Rosa (Piazza disappeared in 1910 following the construction of the Galleria Colonna / Sordi). This “trattoria” of Piazza Rosa has become the “birthplace of fettuccine all’Alfredo”.

More specifically, as is well known to many people who love the “fettuccine all’Alfredo”, this famous dish in the world was invented by Alfredo Di Lelio concerned about the lack of appetite of his wife Ines, who was pregnant with my father Armando (born February 26, 1908).
Alfredo di Lelio opened his restaurant “Alfredo” in 1914 in Rome and in 1943, during the war, he sold the restaurant to others outside his family.
In 1950 Alfredo Di Lelio decided to reopen with his son Armando his restaurant in Piazza Augusto Imperatore n.30 “Il Vero Alfredo” (“Alfredo di Roma”), whose fame in the world has been strengthened by his nephew Alfredo and that now managed by me, with the famous “gold cutlery” (fork and spoon gold) donated in 1927 by two well-known American actors Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks (in gratitude for the hospitality).
See the website of “Il Vero Alfredo”.

I must clarify that other restaurants “Alfredo” in Rome do not belong and are out of my brand “Il Vero Alfredo – Alfredo di Roma”.
I inform you that the restaurant “Il Vero Alfredo –Alfredo di Roma” is in the registry of “Historic Shops of Excellence” of the City of Rome Capitale.
Best regards Ines Di Lelio




IN ITALIANO
STORIA DI ALFREDO DI LELIO, CREATORE DELLE “FETTUCCINE ALL’ALFREDO” (“FETTUCCINE ALFREDO”), E DELLA SUA TRADIZIONE FAMILIARE PRESSO IL RISTORANTE “IL VERO ALFREDO” (“ALFREDO DI ROMA”) IN PIAZZA AUGUSTO IMPERATORE A ROMA
Con riferimento al Vostro articolo ho il piacere di raccontarVi la storia di mio nonno Alfredo Di Lelio, inventore delle note “fettuccine all’Alfredo” (“Fettuccine Alfredo”).
Alfredo Di Lelio, nato nel settembre del 1883 a Roma in Vicolo di Santa Maria in Trastevere, cominciò a lavorare fin da ragazzo nella piccola trattoria aperta da sua madre Angelina in Piazza Rosa, un piccolo slargo (scomparso intorno al 1910) che esisteva prima della costruzione della Galleria Colonna (ora Galleria Sordi).
Il 1908 fu un anno indimenticabile per Alfredo Di Lelio: nacque, infatti, suo figlio Armando e videro contemporaneamente la luce in tale trattoria di Piazza Rosa le sue “fettuccine”, divenute poi famose in tutto il mondo. Questa trattoria è “the birthplace of fettuccine all’Alfredo”.
Alfredo Di Lelio inventò le sue “fettuccine” per dare un ricostituente naturale, a base di burro e parmigiano, a sua moglie (e mia nonna) Ines, prostrata in seguito al parto del suo primogenito (mio padre Armando). Il piatto delle “fettuccine” fu un successo familiare prima ancora di diventare il piatto che rese noto e popolare Alfredo Di Lelio, personaggio con “i baffi all’Umberto” ed i calli alle mani a forza di mischiare le sue “fettuccine” davanti ai clienti sempre più numerosi.
Nel 1914, a seguito della chiusura di detta trattoria per la scomparsa di Piazza Rosa dovuta alla costruzione della Galleria Colonna, Alfredo Di Lelio decise di aprire a Roma il suo ristorante “Alfredo” che gestì fino al 1943, per poi cedere l’attività a terzi estranei alla sua famiglia.
Ma l’assenza dalla scena gastronomica di Alfredo Di Lelio fu del tutto transitoria. Infatti nel 1950 riprese il controllo della sua tradizione familiare ed aprì, insieme al figlio Armando, il ristorante “Il Vero Alfredo” (noto all’estero anche come “Alfredo di Roma”) in Piazza Augusto Imperatore n.30 (cfr. il sito web di Il Vero Alfredo).
Con l’avvio del nuovo ristorante Alfredo Di Lelio ottenne un forte successo di pubblico e di clienti negli anni della “dolce vita”. Successo, che, tuttora, richiama nel ristorante un flusso continuo di turisti da ogni parte del mondo per assaggiare le famose “fettuccine all’Alfredo” al doppio burro da me servite, con l’impegno di continuare nel tempo la tradizione familiare dei miei cari maestri, nonno Alfredo, mio padre Armando e mio fratello Alfredo. In particolare le fettuccine sono servite ai clienti con 2 “posate d’oro”: una forchetta ed un cucchiaio d’oro regalati nel 1927 ad Alfredo dai due noti attori americani M. Pickford e D. Fairbanks (in segno di gratitudine per l’ospitalità).
Desidero precisare che altri ristoranti “Alfredo” a Roma non appartengono e sono fuori dal mio brand di famiglia.
Vi informo che il Ristorante “Il Vero Alfredo” è presente nell’Albo dei “Negozi Storici di Eccellenza – sezione Attività Storiche di Eccellenza” del Comune di Roma Capitale.
Grata per la Vostra attenzione ed ospitalità nel Vostro interessante blog, cordiali saluti
Ines Di Lelio
Ines, grazzi, grazzi, grazzi. You have completely made my day. Thank you for this wonderful story of your family and sharing the real history of Alfredo’s living legacy, his famous fettuccine Alfredo, with the rest of the world. And to add even more intrigue to this story, I was mentioning this story to my class this morning, and one of friends/participants said he has actually eaten here. He said he thoroughly enjoyed his dining experience at “Il Vero Alfredo” (“Alfredo di Roma”). It just goes to show, we really do live in a small world after all.
What a fabulous story and how you came to learn about it, Jeanne💜
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I know. I thought this was so cool! I am really very touched and honored.
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I thought so too. 🙂
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This is so cool!!💜
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I know, right?! 🙂
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wow….what a history….he is legend….
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I know, right?! I thought it was pretty special.
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What an incredible story! Now we all know.
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I thought it was a special story too. 🙂
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So interesting to read the history! When I was younger, I thought it was “al freddo” as in cold! Then I learned it was all’ Alfredo! Oh the language, one must see it and not just hear it to know the meaning!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Thanks for the story of Alfredo! What fun.
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You’re welcome. My pleasure. 🙂
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Italian food and Italy are tops on my list.
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I love Italian and Mediterranean foods too. 🙂
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😁
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That is awesome! Congratulations on winning the Alfredo lottery. 😘
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I know right?! I thought that was a pretty special story too.
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