La Fiorentina Gelatería

An 87-year-old founder's personally realised, decades-deferred dream, still hand-run with his wife, producing an unusually large and specifically Peruvian-savoury flavour range from its own plant — one of the more distinctive origin stories found in this run.

What to order
Pistacho, lúcuma and frutos del bosque are named as the top three; albahaca (basil) is named as the standout of the savoury flavours (El Comercio Provecho, 3 Mar 2025)

What we know

Founded by Carlos Casassa, son of Italian immigrant bakers, who opened the shop at age 73 after selling the family's Puente Piedra farm to finally realise a childhood dream sparked by a machine-made-ice-cream demonstration decades earlier (El Comercio Provecho, 3 Mar 2025)
Runs its own on-site production plant preparing a 62-flavour repertoire, with 32 on display across two cases each day (El Comercio Provecho, 3 Mar 2025)
Distinctive Peruvian-savoury flavour experimentation — ají amarillo, albahaca (basil), kion (ginger), palta (avocado), pisco sour — with the shop's own stated philosophy: 'se puede hacer helado de lo que sea, lo importante es hallar el equilibrio' (El Comercio Provecho, 3 Mar 2025)
A couple-run business, with founder Carlos Casassa and wife Zaida Ortega both greeting customers; visited over the years by chef Gastón Acurio and other international chefs, commemorated on a wall of photographs (El Comercio Provecho, 3 Mar 2025)
Also listed among Premios Somos best-heladería nominees alongside Blu, Crem dela Crem, Cremeria Toscana and Speciale (El Comercio SOMOS, 17 Jan 2025)

Status: open
Address: Calle Narciso de la Colina 580, Surquillo, Lima
Maker: Carlos Casassa, founder, with his wife Zaida Ortega
Last checked: 2026-08-21

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