Fiorenza Italian brings house-made pasta and Tuscan flavors to Alpharetta

A Florence-raised restaurateur is bringing a pasta-forward Tuscan concept to Alpharetta, and he is doing it with a clear point of view. Fiorenza Italian is targeting a summer 2026 opening at 11500 Webb Bridge Way in the Agincourt retail center, where Jessi Qilafi is positioning the restaurant as both a neighborhood gathering place and a direct taste of the city where he grew up.

The concept leans hard into that personal connection. Qilafi, who has more than 15 years of restaurant experience across Italy, New York City, and metro Atlanta, is building Fiorenza around the kind of Italian dining progression that gives a meal structure from start to finish. He has said the menu will move from antipasti and primi to secondi, contorni, and dolci, a format that signals something more focused than a broad Italian-American lineup.

Pasta sits at the center of that identity. Fiorenza’s official site describes the restaurant as Tuscan-inspired and says it will feature house-made pastas, authentic Italian dishes, curated wines, and craft cocktails. The dinner menu preview goes a step further, highlighting handmade pasta, wood-grilled secondi, craft cocktails, and curated Italian wines. That combination gives Alpharetta a new opening built around craft and regional specificity, not a generic red-sauce pitch.

The setting fits the plan. Agincourt Shopping Center is listed at 11500 Webb Bridge Way in Alpharetta, with 29,497 square feet and 14 suites, and it is marketed as an upscale shopping and dining environment in one of the city’s stronger retail pockets. Alpharetta itself supports that kind of concept, with an estimated population of 67,511 and more than 270 restaurants, making it one of metro Atlanta’s most established suburban dining markets. Taste of Alpharetta also drew more than 25,000 attendees and featured more than 70 restaurants in 2026, underscoring how deeply food is woven into the city’s local identity.

Qilafi Hospitality LLC was filed on January 7, 2026 and is listed as active with the Georgia Secretary of State, adding another layer of formality to a project that already has a defined culinary angle. For Alpharetta diners, Fiorenza looks set to arrive as a place where Florence-style hospitality, handmade pasta, and a polished neighborhood setting all meet in one room.