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En esta pastelería hacen unas tartas riquísimas.

En esta pastelería hacen unas tartas riquísimas.
In this cake shop they make really tasty cakes.
From Lesson 216:Shops in town (la papelería, el quiosco)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about En esta pastelería hacen unas tartas riquísimas.

Why is hacen used here instead of saying the shop makes them?
In Spanish, it is very common to use the third-person plural (hacen) to talk about what the staff do at a business. You could say la pastelería hace, but using this impersonal form sounds much more natural, similar to saying 'they make' in English.
Why does the sentence use unas before tartas?
While unas normally translates to 'some', here it is used for emphasis. When you combine unos or unas with a noun and a strong adjective (like riquísimas), it highlights how remarkable the things are. It adds a tone of enthusiasm that just saying hacen tartas riquísimas would lack.
Why is the adjective spelled riquísimas instead of ricísimas?
The base word is rico (tasty). When adding the ending -ísimo to mean 'extremely', words ending in -co must change the c to qu to keep the hard 'k' sound. Therefore, rico becomes riquísimo, and here it changes to riquísimas to match the feminine plural noun tartas.
In Spain, is there a difference between a tarta and a pastel?
Yes, in Spain, a tarta refers to a large, whole cake that you slice to share, such as a birthday cake. A pastel is typically a smaller, individual pastry. Since this shop makes large cakes, tartas is the perfect word to use.

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