Maria Almenara — Pueblo Libre

It is at Av. Simón Bolívar 330 in Pueblo Libre, on one of the district's busiest avenues. Google records takeaway and delivery only, no dine-in, and the brand labels it a quick visit. Our read: this is one of the pure-counter branches, and in a residential district like this one that format makes sense — the cake is bought and eaten at home — but it is worth knowing before arriving expecting a table. It opens all seven days from 8 in the morning to 10 at night. Maria Almenara carries the name of María Alejandra Almenara, who according to the house's own website discovered pastry as a child in Talara alongside her mother and has spent more than three decades making desserts; the brand grew from an artisanal bakery to more than twenty shops in Lima, and presents itself as the first Peruvian pastry house to use data and artificial intelligence to anticipate demand and avoid over-baking. The house also displays Summum recognitions as best pastry shop in 2022 and 2024. Curation note: phone, website and Instagram are the brand's, not this branch's; the house's website publishes neither per-shop addresses nor hours, so address and hours come from Google, and it publishes no menu with per-item prices either, so the menu remains pending.