Alfredo alla Scrofa
Restaurant information
Established1914; 110 years ago (1914)
Food typeItalian cuisine
Street addressVia della Scrofa, 104/a, 00186
CityRome
CountryItaly
Websitewww.alfredoallascrofa.com

Alfredo alla Scrofa is an Italian restaurant in Rome, Italy[1] which opened in 1914 and is known as the birthplace of fettuccine Alfredo.[2]

History

Alfredo Di Lelio, the founder of Alfredo alla Scrofa, claims have created fettuccine Alfredo.[2][3] According to family accounts, in 1892, he began to work in a restaurant that was located in piazza Rosa run by his mother Angelina. In 1914, he converted an oil and wine shop into a restaurant, initially called "Alfredo", on the Via della Scrofa in central Rome.[4]

Di Lelio invented "fettuccine al triplo burro"[5] (later named "fettuccine all'Alfredo" or "fettuccine Alfredo") in 1908, while running his oil and wine shop, in an effort to entice his wife, Ines, to eat after giving birth to their first child Armando. Di Lelio added extra butter or "triplo burro” to the fettuccine when mixing it together for his wife.[6][7][8][9] In 1920, two famous American actors, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, ate at Alfredo alla Scrofa while on their honeymoon. The couple ordered fettuccine al triplo burro, asked for the recipe, and brought it to the U.S.[10]

In 1943, Di Lelio sold his restaurant to a new owner. In 1950, he opened another restaurant with his son Armando in Piazza Augusto Imperatore, Il Vero Alfredo 'the true Alfredo', that is still in business and is managed by Di Lelio's grandchildren.[3]

Both restaurants are known for their celebrity walls.[11][12]

In 1977, Di Lelio and a partner opened another Alfredo's near Rockefeller Center in New York City as well as a third Alfredo's in Epcot at Disney World. The Epcot restaurant closed in 2017, and the New York one is closed as of 2023. The restaurants served "Original Alfredo sauce".[3]

References

  1. ^ Laurie Bogart Morrow (9 October 2012). The Giant Book of Dog Names. Simon and Schuster. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-1-4516-6690-8.
  2. ^ a b Giardina, Rowena Dumlao (2017-04-28). "Ristorante Alfredo alla Scrofa: The Birthplace of Fettuccine Alfredo". Honest Cooking. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "The Origins Of Fettuccine Alfredo". HuffPost. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  4. ^ Menuism, Contributor (2014-01-13). "The Origins Of Fettuccine Alfredo". HuffPost. Retrieved 12 December 2018. ((cite web)): |author= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Carnacina (1975), p. 72–73
  6. ^ "Alfredo 1914". alfredo1914.com. web. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  7. ^ "La Storia". il vero Alfredo (in Italian). web. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  8. ^ Carnacina (1975). Roma in Cucina. pp. 72–73.
  9. ^ "STORIA DI ALFREDO DI LELIO, CREATORE DELLE "FETTUCCINE ALL'ALFREDO"" (in Italian).
  10. ^ "The Origins Of Fettuccine Alfredo". HuffPost. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  11. ^ Luanne D. Zurlo, Fifteen Feet from the Pope, 2014, ISBN 1480811289, p. 16
  12. ^ John F. Mariani, How Italian Food Conquered the World, 2011, ISBN 0230112412, p. 79

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