The San Bartolomé City Council has conveyed its condolences for the death of María Dolores Luzardo Hernández, known as Lolita, "a model of an enterprising woman who turned her pastry passion into a great family business", as stated by the mayor, Alexis Tejera.
"Talking about Lolita is talking about a woman with strength, with drive and a desire to always prosper with the sweat of her work, with local products and the wisdom of knowledge acquired from predecessor generations as a reference for what is a great island pastry chef and creator and alma mater of Pastelería Lolita, with numerous establishments spread throughout the island", the City Council highlights.
Simply mentioning the name 'Lolita', "on this island we immediately focus on rich cakes, sponge cakes, trout and pastries in general made from San Bartolomé by the founder of the pastry business that proudly bears her name", adds the City Council, which highlights how "after decades of effort and hard work, Lolita consolidated her own brand, an island reference for its rich pastries and breads, which is also accompanied by coffee and bar service".
Currently, Pastelería Lolita is a family business that her children, simultaneously combining their studies with business tasks, have managed to carry out "tirelessly".
According to the San Bartolomé City Council, this workshop began its journey in 1975, with a wood oven in which it made homemade pastries that it distributed door to door, with its van, or in the small shops on the island. In 1984 it expanded the current establishment, where all the cakes that were distributed to all the stores on the island were made, and in 1992 it opened its first own store, with direct sales to customers, on the old Calle García Escámez in Arrecife.
The store located in front of the Arrecife Yacht Club was inaugurated in 1995, while in 1998 it opened in Deiland, in 2001 in San Bartolomé, in 2008 in Calle Mayor de Playa Honda and in 2011 in Puerto del Carmen. "This business will continue to proliferate, also adapting to the times by renewing its image", concludes the City Council.
