Welcome to El Potro Mexican Bar and Grill! Since 2006, our family has been serving authentic Mexican and Central American cuisine using fresh, homemade ingredients (even the tortillas are made on site!) Come and enjoy! Bring the family!
El Potro is proud to offer vegetarian options. All of our dishes can made vegetarian upon request! We use fresh vegetables and beans, so you can enjoy all the rich, saucy deliciousness of authentic Mexican food while maintaining the vegetarian lifestyle.
Visit El Potro in Chelsea, MA. Located in Chelsea, the gateway to Boston, and a diverse, working-class community that is one of only three MA cities in which the majority of the population identifies as Hispanic or Latino.
Heading out with a few friends tonight? Relax at El Potro’s bar! We serve handcrafted specialty margaritas, cocktails, and more...perfect for a fun, casual night out. Stay for dinner and enjoy our homemade meals and appetizers!
At El Potro Mexican Bar and Grill, you can experience fresh, authentic Mexican and Central American cuisine. You’ll never find packaged tortillas, canned beans, or store-bought guacamole in our kitchen. Everything we serve is made from scratch, every day.
El Potro Mexican Bar and Grill is now open in historic Union Square in Somerville, downtown Lowell, and Malden, Massachusetts. We look forward to sharing our best family recipes for fresh, authentic Mexican food with you, so stop by one of our locations today!
Our menu is the result of years spent perfecting family recipes. From our burritos and enchilada dishes, to our fresh, homemade chips, salsa and guacamole, you’ll have a hard time choosing ...but that just means you’ll have to come back again!
El Potro in Lowell, MA for a great dining experience with amazing food, drinks, and atmosphere. Located in historic Downtown Lowell, we are convenient to the theatres, the UMASS Lowell, Middlesex Community College, and Tsongas Arena.
El Potro will always hold our Somerville location close to our heart. It’s where everything started! We’re in the heart of Union Square, which is home to many cultural and local offerings: arts, entertainment, and the Somerville Summer and Winter Farmer’s Markets.
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At El Potro Mexican Bar and Grill, you’ll experience authentic Mexican and Central American cuisine at its finest. Using recipes handed down from generation to generation, our family-owned restaurant has created a menu full of traditional meals prepared daily with fresh, homemade ingredients. Our food, and hand-carved Mexican furniture, El Potro makes you feel like you’re in Mexico!

We have four locations: Malden, Somerville, Lowell and Chelsea, MA. Come by for a visit!