Overview

• Lionel Messi, Antonela Roccuzzo and their children stopped at La Mantequería on August 23, buying medialunas and other pastries, according to the owners.
• Staff say Messi signed branded pastry boxes and posed for photos, with the shop later displaying the autographs.
• The Fort Lauderdale shop follows an earlier Doral location, part of a chain founded in La Plata in 2015 by Pedro Jáuregui Lorda.
• Co‑owner Agustín Alberti, a 40‑year‑old former industrial engineer, runs the Florida outlets after relocating to Miami.
• The bakery claims it imports raw materials from Argentina and relies on artisanal preparation, with prior visits from Antonela and Jorge Messi and a DoorDash campaign featuring the shop’s box.