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Cafés in Jesús María & Lince

Two residential districts between the Centro and San Isidro: Campo de Marte, Avenida Arenales and corner pastelerías.

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Jesús María and Lince sit between the Centro and San Isidro. Jesús María was formally created on 17 December 1963, when President Fernando Belaúnde Terry ratified the law, and had 83,905 residents in 2022 on 4.57 km².1 Lince, about 4 km south of the historic center, is the smallest district in Lima by area, at 3.03 km², and was carved out of San Isidro and Miraflores in 1936.2

For coffee these are neighborhood districts: a pastelería (pastry shop), a fuente de soda (soda-fountain diner) or a corner café rather than a destination roaster. Even so, two Jesús María cafés made the 2025 South American edition of The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops.3 Jesús María's cafés gather west and south of Campo de Marte, and Lince's along Avenida Arenales.

Local tip: For a late coffee here, Piero's Pastelería Fina on Avenida Arenales serves until 22:30 Monday to Saturday; on Sunday, Pausa Café on Horacio Urteaga opens at 10:00.

At a glance

39Cafés listed
4With opening hours
07:30Earliest opening
22:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Piero's Pastelería Fina, from 07:30 (Mon–Sat 07:30–22:30).
  • Most listed streets: Avenida Alvarez de Arenales (2), Jirón Mariscal Toribio Luzuriaga (2).
  • Most common features: bakery café (8%), open late (5%), wi-fi (3%).

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Coffee chains in Jesús María & Lince

Campo de Marte and San Felipe

Campo de Marte, at about 68,850 m², is Jesús María's green lung, laid out where the Santa Beatriz Hippodrome ran races from 1903 to 1938.4 The Great Military Parade passes here every 29 July, the day after Independence Day, watched from the old racetrack stands.4

When racing moved to the San Felipe estate farther south, that track in turn gave way to Residencial San Felipe, a housing project commissioned by Belaúnde that combined dense housing with green space, shops, banks and schools.41

Café streets in Jesús María

The cafés closest to Campo de Marte are a few blocks away. La Panera is on Avenida Cuba, Café Express at Avenida General Santa Cruz 315, open Monday to Saturday 09:00–19:00, and Pausa Café at Avenida Horacio Urteaga 1226, which has Wi-Fi and opens daily 10:00–22:00. Cafeteria Viena is at Avenida República Dominicana 269 and L'bella on Avenida José María Plaza.

On Horacio Urteaga, at number 535, the Sérvulo Gutiérrez Cultural Centre houses the district's art gallery and library.1 In the south of Jesús María, El Rincón de Don Miguelo opens Monday to Saturday 10:00–18:00, and Cónchale is on Avenida General César Canevaro.

Lince and Avenida Arenales

Avenida Arenales divides Lince in two; the west side is still called Lobatón, after one of the two haciendas whose land became the district.5 The building of Avenida Arequipa in 1921 drove its growth.5 The Museum of Natural History is at Arenales 1256.1

Arenales and Avenida Ignacio Merino have more cafés than any other streets in the two districts. Piero's Pastelería Fina, at Arenales 2001, opens Monday to Saturday 07:30–22:30, the longest hours here, and Fuente de Soda Q'Tal Sabor and Agusto's Coffee are on the same avenue.

Getting there and Salaverry

Metropolitano buses serve Lince at Canadá and Javier Prado stations.2 The district's main square is Parque Pedro Ruiz Gallo, and Parque Mariscal Ramón Castilla is its large recreational park.2

Avenida General Salaverry, opened in the 1940s, became Jesús María's spine: in the 1950s the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Health and the Employee Hospital were built along it, and the Universidad del Pacífico is also on it.1

Sources

  1. Jesús María District, Lima, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Distrito de Lince, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  3. 23 cafeterías peruanas entre las 100 mejores de Sudamérica: cuáles son y dónde se encuentran, Infobae Perú (October 27, 2025), accessed October 2026
  4. El Campo de Marte, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  5. Lince District, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Jesús María & Lince cafés: questions

What is Campo de Marte in Jesús María, Lima?

Campo de Marte is Jesús María's green lung, a park of about 68,850 m² built where the Santa Beatriz Hippodrome ran races from 1903 to 1938. The Great Military Parade passes through it every 29 July. Pausa Café on Avenida Horacio Urteaga and Café Express on Avenida General Santa Cruz are a few blocks away.

Which cafés in Jesús María and Lince, Lima stay open late?

Piero's Pastelería Fina, on Avenida Arenales 2001 in Lince, is open Monday to Saturday 07:30–22:30. Pausa Café, on Avenida Horacio Urteaga 1226 in Jesús María, opens every day from 10:00 to 22:00 and has Wi-Fi. Piero's hours run Monday to Saturday, so on Sunday Pausa Café is the one to try.

How do you get to Lince in Lima by public transport?

Metropolitano buses serve Lince at Canadá and Javier Prado stations. Lince lies about 4 km south of the historic center and is the smallest district in Lima by area. Avenida Arenales splits it into an east side and a west side still called Lobatón, and several of its cafés are on Arenales.

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