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Is Mercado La Carreta Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 35 San Juan, Puerto Rico

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Mercado La Carreta is open — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp shows Mercado La Carreta's page updated July 2026 with active reviews, and Google Places lists the business as operational, though the restaurant's own website did not respond to a direct check. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Mercado La Carreta appeared in Food Network's 'Plating Up Puerto Rico' episode (aired 2022-05-06), featuring an Old San Juan restaurant built around local produce and Puerto Rican Creole cooking with an international twist, according to Discover Puerto Rico's business profile. The restaurant is known for brunch-style lunches and tapas, all made in house, and also runs a small market inside its space that highlights goods from local entrepreneurs, per the same profile. It operates at 279 Calle de la Luna in Old San Juan. Yelp lists Mercado La Carreta with 22 reviews as of an update in July 2026, indicating recent customer activity at the location. Google Places lists the business as operational. An attempted direct check of the restaurant's own website on 2026-09-08 returned no response, so no additional confirmation was drawn from that source.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 35

Episode 9
Aired
Title: Plating Up Puerto Rico · What was featured: Old San Juan restaurant serving Creole tapas, brunch, and homemade market fare
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/mercado-la-carreta-san-juan-4
  2. discoverpuertorico.com https://www.discoverpuertorico.com/profile/mercado-la-carreta/14610
  3. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=18.4667271,-66.1143876
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Record ddd-1315 · checked by Cal Marchetti.