El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15

220 E Highway 80, Pooler, GA 31322

Mexican / Latin

License: Food Service

Last inspected: Apr 29, 2026

Score

Low Risk

El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15 has been inspected three times since 2025. El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15 was last inspected on Apr 29, 2026. When a facility lands in the low risk tier, it usually means nothing alarming showed up at the most recent visit.

Recent inspections have turned up roughly the same number of issues each time, hovering near three violations per visit.

“Food stored covered” accounts for the largest share of issues, appearing two times across the record.

That falls roughly in the middle of the pack for Pooler restaurants. There isn't much in the file that would give a customer pause.

Inspections

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Major latest

Minor latest

Inspection History

Apr 29, 2026

Routine

1 major violation. 1 minor violation.

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4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized

Inspector notes: Observed ice machine to have a slime like built-up in the inside. RCA: Told PIC to ensure that they are cleaning the ice machine more regularly.

511-6-1.05(7)(b)

4-2A - food stored covered

Inspector notes: Observed wings cooling down at the bottom of a shelf with no covering at the top. RCA: Told PIC that when they are cooling down any food items they need to make sure its not being stored close to the floor to prevent contamination. storing the food in packages, covered containers, or wrappings, except for loosely covered or uncovered containers in which food is being cooled if protected from overhead contamination.

511-6-1.04(4)(c)

Jul 17, 2025

Routine

1 critical violation.

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6-1A - proper cold holding temperatures

Inspector notes: Observed multiple TCS food items in walk-in cooler at temperatures above 41. Delivery had been made and door had been held open for extended period. RCA: TCS foods will be discarded due to mechanical failure if held above 41F beyond safe time period of 4 hours.

511-6-1.04(6)(f)

Jan 17, 2025

Routine

3 critical violations. 2 major violations. 1 minor violation. 4 corrected on site.

View 6 violations

2-1B - hands clean and properly washed (corrected on site)

Inspector notes: Observed employee cleaning raw fish then proceeded to take off gloves and wipe hands with a paper towel without washing hands before moving on to a different task. COS CA: Instructed employee to wash hands properly before moving on to a different task and he did. Food employees shall clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing tasks.

511-6-1.03(5)(c)

4-1A - food separated and protected (corrected on site)

Inspector notes: In the walk in cooler, observed raw chicken being stored on top of beer kegs, lettuce being stored next to and in contact with raw chicken, and raw beef being stored next to and in contact with sour cream, avocados, and limes. COS CA: Employees rearranged food items in the walk in cooler to be stored properly. Food shall be protected from cross contamination.

511-6-1.04(4)(c)

4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized (corrected on site)

Inspector notes: Observed sanitizer in mechanical dishwasher to not have adequate concentration. COS CA: Dishwasher sanitizer was primed and a new dishwasher cycle was ran. The concentration was found to be over 50 ppm with test strips. After being cleaned, equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be sanitized in chemical manual or mechanical operations, including the application of sanitizing chemicals by immersion, manual swabbing, brushing, or pressure spraying methods. Contact times shall be consistent with those on EPA-registered label use instructions by providing a contact time of at least seven seconds for a chlorine solution of 50 ppm that has pH of 10 or less and a temperature of at least 100ºF (38ºC).

511-6-1.05(8)(b)

4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized

Inspector notes: Observed mold-like substance on baffle of bulk ice machine and food debris on clean knives. RCA: Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch.

511-6-1.05(7)(a)

8-2B - toxic substances properly identified, stored, used (corrected on site)

Inspector notes: Observed spray bottle with oven cleaner was not labeled with the common name. COS CA: Employee labeled spray bottle. Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers taken from bulk supplies shall be clearly and individually identified with the common name of the material.

511-6-1.07(6)(b)

17C - physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean

Inspector notes: Observed build up of grease on walls in the main kitchen. Observed build up of mold-like substance and dust on the walls and ceilings of walk-in cooler and walk-in dry storage area. All physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair. The physical facilities shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean and by methods that prevent contamination of food products.

511-6-1.07(5)(a)

Frequently Asked Questions

When was El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15 last inspected?

The most recent health inspection at El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15 on file is from Apr 29, 2026. The public record contains three inspections in total.

What is the most common violation at El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15?

Across the inspection record, “food stored covered” has been cited two times, more than any other issue at El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15.

How does El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15 compare to other restaurants in Pooler?

El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15 most recently scored 86 out of 100, which is about the same as the Pooler average of 88.

Has El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15's inspection record improved over time?

Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15 have averaged around three violations per visit across the recent record.

What does a low risk rating mean?

A low risk rating at El Potro Mexican Restaurant #15 means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.

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