Halal, without asterisks
Every plate that leaves our kitchen is halal. Not most of the menu, not on request — all of it. You never have to ask which items are safe.
Carthage Express
Mediterranean Cuisine
A Mediterranean kitchen and coffee house on a stone street in Old San Juan — where your table is served by a train that runs through the dining room.
100% Halal
Coffee & Frappes
Old San Juan
The Signature
Your food arrives by rail.
Not a gimmick you watch once and forget — it is how the room actually works.
Hover the track to speed it up.
A train runs down the middle of the dining room, carrying plates from the kitchen to the table. Children lean out of their chairs to watch it. Adults do too, and pretend they are not.
It makes the room feel like an event rather than a stop — which is the point. You came to Old San Juan for something you cannot get at home.
5–8
Minutes from the pier
100%
Halal, every plate
The Table
Mediterranean, honestly made.
Carthage on a Puerto Rican street. Coffee and mint tea from morning, a kitchen that closes at 5:00 PM, and a standard we do not bend on.
A proper coffee bar
Espresso, cappuccino, and Arabic and Turkish coffee from eight in the morning. Frappes in strawberry, passion fruit, mango and Nutella. Orange juice squeezed fresh.
Coffee house hours
We open at eight and close at 5:00 PM, Tuesday through Sunday. Breakfast, late breakfast, and a long lunch — the Mediterranean way.
Breakfast from eight, gyros and kebabs through the afternoon, coffee all day — in English and Spanish, with prices.
Visit
Calle de San Justo.
Checking hours…
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Thursday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Saturday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Sunday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |