Ylli Ferati has been bartending for nine years, the last six years of which have been spent full time at Fiori D’Italia, his family’s restaurant.
“I grew up in the restaurant world,” Ferati said.
Ferati’s grandfather first came to Anchorage to work on the slope. On his off shifts, he helped run Today’s Pizza, along with a friend of his. Ferati’s father took over Today’s Pizza about the time that Ferati was born.
In 1995 Fiori D’Italia opened on Tudor Road and the Old Seward Hwy. Two years later, Fiori D’Italia made the move to its present location, tucked away in Spenard, at the old Garden of Eatin’ restaurant. Ferati says that about 90 percent of his customers live in the Spenard area.
“It is all Spenard neighborhood people. They come in on their fat tire bikes, or they’re walking their dog… and come in for a beer or two…
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