EL POTRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT

Name: EL POTRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT
Address: 2470 W US HWY 90, LAKE CITY, FL, 32055, US
Rating: 90.5

2470 W US HWY 90, LAKE CITY, FL 32055

License #2200468

🌮 Mexican/Latin ℹ️ Categories are auto-assigned based on restaurant names and may not be 100% accurate

90.5 Grade B / 100

Solid Health Score

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EL POTRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT in LAKE CITY currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 90.5 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 19 total violations — 1 critical, 4 major, 14 minor.

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Inspections on file

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Latest clean pass

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The latest inspection on January 28, 2026 had no critical findings, but inspectors still documented 2 major and 6 minor violations.

Inspection data quality

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DBPR

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Inspection timeline

Inspection History

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Inspection Completed - No Further Action
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards soiled with mold-like substances.
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone charger in pan hanging over reach-in prep cooler. Employee removed.
[12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on reach-in prep cooler. Employee discarded.
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach-in cooler and reach-in freezer gaskets soiled with food debris.
[02C-03-5] Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. 1/2 gallon of milk with no date marked and unknown date of opening.
[36-17-5] Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Floor tiles missing on cook line next to fryers and in walk-in cooler.
[06-09-1] Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. In walk-in cooler: three packs of tilapia fish (40F - Cold Holding).

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