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Brunch cafés in Arequipa

Sunday adobo with pan de tres puntas, and café breakfasts on Calle Santa Catalina from 07:00.

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Arequipa had a serious breakfast long before brunch arrived. Adobo, pork left to marinate overnight and cooked in clay pots, is by tradition eaten on Sunday mornings, and since the pandemic some kitchens have started serving it at lunch as well.12

The cafés offer something lighter, and most of the brunch cafés are in the Centro Histórico, on and around Calle Santa Catalina. Haykuy love opens first, at 07:00. Outside the Centro, Huayruro Peruvian Coffee Shop is in San Lázaro and Le Petit Café in Yanahuara.

Local tip: On Sunday, Kafi Wasi, Eco Brunch and Mi Kcao are closed; Haykuy love opens at 07:30, Huayruro at 08:30 and Banawa Juice Bar at 09:00.

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

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  • Opens earliest: Haykuy love, from 07:00 (Mon–Sat 07:00–22:00 · Sun 07:30–21:00).
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Adobo, the Sunday breakfast

The meat is usually pork loin or leg, marinated with garlic, ají panca or rocoto, and vinegar or chicha de guiñapo, a corn drink of the region, then fried and finished in a clay pot with its marinade. Some cooks bake it instead, brushed with lard and ají panca.3 It comes with boiled or baked camote (sweet potato) and pan de tres puntas, also called tres cachetes, to mop up the sauce.3

Tea on the side is often piteado, with a splash of pisco.3 The adobo expert Betzabé de Diván has promoted a Día del Adobo Arequipeño to keep the family custom going.1

The Festival del Adobo in Cayma

Cayma, a district about 3 km from the center, holds an adobo festival on its main plaza.7 In August 2022 it opened at 06:00, the first diners arrived around 05:00, and by about 09:30 most stalls had sold out; a plate averaged S/ 16 and came with two panes de tres puntas.2 Each stall cooked about 200 servings.2

The 2024 edition, on 4 August for the city's 484th anniversary, ran 06:00–13:00 in front of the district municipality, with 15 picanterías taking part. Plates cost from S/ 15 and came with pan de tres puntas and a small glass of anisado, an anise spirit.4

Brunch cafés on and around Calle Santa Catalina

Haykuy love, at Calle Santa Catalina 500, opens at 07:00 from Monday to Saturday and at 07:30 on Sunday. Banawa Juice Bar, at No. 211, opens at 08:00, and La Despensa, at No. 302, is also a bakery.

Eco Brunch, at Simón Bolívar 429, serves 08:30–16:00 from Monday to Saturday, with outdoor tables and card payment. Kafi Wasi, at Francisco Bolognesi 216, opens at 08:30 from Monday to Saturday; Forbes Perú singles out both its beans and its food.5 Mi Kcao chocolates y cafe rooftop, at Calle Ugarte 314, opens at 09:00 and has vegan dishes.

Outside the Centro, and on Sundays

Huayruro Peruvian Coffee Shop, at Puente Grau 100 in San Lázaro, opens daily 08:30–20:00, with vegan and bakery options. Le Petit Café, in Yanahuara, opens daily at 10:00, the latest start of the brunch cafés.

Away from these cafés, OSO Café on Calle San Francisco serves shakshuka and waffles, and Masamama Bakery & Mill bakes with organic Peruvian wheat and a sourdough fermented for 24 hours, with a courtyard for brunch.6 Mornings are cold in winter: in June and July temperatures fall to about 6 °C.7

Sources

  1. El desayuno arequipeño, un buen adobo, RPP (June 22, 2013), accessed October 2026
  2. Arequipa: Festival del Adobo volvió con gran concurrencia, La República (August 7, 2022), 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. Festival del Adobo Caymeño en Arequipa: día, lugar, precios y más, Correo (August 2024), accessed October 2026
  5. Los 50 más creativos de Perú 2026: Diego Cisneros y Pamela Raymer, Forbes Perú (April 30, 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. Arequipa, Peru: where to eat and drink, Bart's Boekje (September 13, 2025), accessed October 2026
  7. Arequipa, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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What is the traditional breakfast in Arequipa?

Adobo arequipeño: pork marinated overnight with garlic, ají panca or rocoto and vinegar or chicha de guiñapo, cooked in a clay pot and eaten on Sunday mornings. It comes with camote (sweet potato) and pan de tres puntas to soak up the sauce, and often with té piteado, tea with a splash of pisco. Some kitchens now serve it at lunch too.

When and where is the Festival del Adobo held in Arequipa?

On the main plaza of Cayma, in August, around the city's anniversary. The 2024 festival ran from 06:00 to 13:00 on 4 August with 15 picanterías, and plates cost from S/ 15 with pan de tres puntas and a glass of anisado. In 2022 the first diners arrived around 05:00 and most stalls sold out by 09:30.

Which brunch cafés in Arequipa are open on Sunday?

Haykuy love on Calle Santa Catalina opens at 07:30 on Sunday, Huayruro Peruvian Coffee Shop in San Lázaro at 08:30, Banawa Juice Bar at 09:00 and Le Petit Café in Yanahuara at 10:00. Kafi Wasi, Eco Brunch and Mi Kcao are closed on Sundays.

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