[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.
[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 (lit.