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Bakery cafés in Arequipa

The three-cornered pan de tres puntas, bakery cafés on Calle Jerusalén and a café inside the monastery.

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Bread is an everyday purchase in Arequipa, and cheap. In March 2026 shoppers could buy three or four rolls for S/ 1, depending on the bread and the shop, while the Asociación Industrial de Panaderos de Arequipa, which counts about 1,200 member bakers, was weighing a rise to S/ 0.40 a roll.1

The city's own loaf is the pan de tres puntas, a three-cornered bread whose points are said to stand for the volcanoes Misti, Chachani and Pichu Pichu, or for the Holy Trinity.2 The bakery cafés are mostly in the Centro Histórico, on Calle Jerusalén, Calle Santa Catalina and Simón Bolívar, with one inside the monastery walls.

Local tip: On a Sunday morning, Lienzo Café on Calle Jerusalén opens 09:00–14:00, and Huayruro on Puente Grau and the monastery's café are open all day.

Where these cafés are: Centro Histórico (6), San Lázaro (1), Yanahuara (1).

At a glance

8Cafés listed
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08:00Earliest opening
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  • Opens earliest: Lienzo Café, from 08:00 (Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · Sun 09:00–14:00).
  • Closes latest: Le Petit Café, until 21:00 (Daily 10:00–21:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (75%), brunch (50%), outdoor seating (25%).

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Pan de tres puntas

The bread has been the companion of adobo for as long as anyone remembers.2 In the city's cooking it is also called tres cachetes, and it is torn up to soak up the adobo's sauce.3

Its promotion is recent. The first Festival del Pan de Tres Puntas was held on the Plaza de Armas in 2021, when bakers made the largest loaf in Arequipa.2 On 11 August 2023, for the city's anniversary, artisan bakers gave away more than 4,000 of them on the same plaza.4

A tres puntas at the world bread cup

In October 2023 Arequipa represented Peru at the world bread cup in France for the first time. The baker Christian Delgado, from Majes and a graduate of the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, brought a tres puntas made with rocoto.2

Delgado bakes at Lapala artesanal on Calle José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, and his aim is to see the bread recognized by UNESCO as cultural heritage.2

What bread costs in 2026, and why

The price pressure is in the inputs. By March 2026 a sack of flour, previously S/ 140–150, had gone up by S/ 5–10; lard cost S/ 74–80 a box and sugar S/ 4.50–5 a kilo, and the gas and fuel oil that heat the ovens had risen too.1

Bakers said they had absorbed the costs to keep customers and were losing 15–20% of their margin. Besides the association's members, the trade estimates about 800 informal bakers work in the city.1

Bakery cafés in the Centro and beyond

Lienzo Café, at Calle Jerusalén 203, opens 08:00–20:00 from Monday to Saturday and 09:00–14:00 on Sunday. On Calle Santa Catalina, La Despensa is at No. 302 and Cusco Cafe Andino a little further north. Eco Brunch, at Simón Bolívar 429, sells baked goods and opens 08:30–16:00 from Monday to Saturday.

The Monastery of Santa Catalina lists a cafetería among its services,5 and La Cafetería del Monasterio opens daily 09:00–17:00 with outdoor tables. Beyond the Centro, Huayruro Peruvian Coffee Shop at Puente Grau 100 in San Lázaro opens daily 08:30–20:00, and Le Petit Café in Yanahuara opens daily 10:00–21:00.

For chocolate to take home, La Ibérica, the Arequipa chocolate maker, now sells milk chocolate, bonbons, toffee, fondant and turrón.6 Masamama Bakery & Mill bakes sourdough from organic Peruvian wheat, fermented for 24 hours.7

Sources

  1. Arequipa: ¿Cuándo se decidirá si pan subirá a S/ 0.40 la unidad?, El Búho (March 18, 2026), accessed October 2026
  2. Pan de tres puntas de Arequipa brilla en mundial de Francia y busca ser patrimonio cultural, El Búho (November 16, 2023), accessed October 2026
  3. Manjares al pie del Misti: saborea estos deliciosos e icónicos potajes típicos de Arequipa, Andina (August 15, 2023), accessed October 2026
  4. Aniversario de Arequipa: 4 mil panes serán regalados en 'Festival del Pan de Tres Puntas', El Búho (August 2023), accessed October 2026
  5. Monasterio de Santa Catalina, Monasterio de Santa Catalina, accessed October 2026
  6. La Ibérica, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  7. Arequipa, Peru: where to eat and drink, Bart's Boekje (September 13, 2025), accessed October 2026
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What is pan de tres puntas from Arequipa?

Pan de tres puntas is Arequipa's three-cornered bread, also called tres cachetes. Its points are said to represent the volcanoes Misti, Chachani and Pichu Pichu, or the Holy Trinity. It is the traditional partner of adobo, used to soak up the sauce, and since 2021 the city has held a Festival del Pan de Tres Puntas on the Plaza de Armas.

How much does bread cost in Arequipa in 2026?

In March 2026 three or four bread rolls cost S/ 1 in Arequipa, depending on the type of bread and the shop. The Asociación Industrial de Panaderos de Arequipa, with about 1,200 member bakers, was considering a rise to S/ 0.40 a roll because flour, lard, sugar and oven fuel had all become more expensive.

Which bakery cafés in Arequipa are open on Sunday?

Lienzo Café on Calle Jerusalén opens 09:00–14:00 on Sunday. Huayruro Peruvian Coffee Shop in San Lázaro is open daily 08:30–20:00, Le Petit Café in Yanahuara daily 10:00–21:00, and the café at the Monastery of Santa Catalina daily 09:00–17:00. Eco Brunch on Simón Bolívar is closed on Sundays.

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