This profile is in active compilation — some details are awaiting a cited source.
El Potro Mexican Cafe is a multi-location Mexican restaurant group with metro-relevant rooms in Bonner Springs and Lee’s Summit (plus Paola, Louisburg, and a Lawrence flagship outside primary Registry scope). Family ownership associated with Gloria D. / Gloria contact email on first-party; Toast ordering per location. Fills the near-zero Bonner Springs Registry void. Tier 1 local multi-unit Mexican.12
Description
El Potro markets house-made tortillas, tacos, burritos, salads, and full Mexican plates with “warm hospitality and hearty portions.”1 Online ordering is Toast-split by city; private parties, catering, and reservations are first-party features.1
Scope note: Lawrence (3333 Iowa St) is the brand web home and is outside the Registry’s primary KC-metro geographic scope (no Lawrence).
Locations (metro-relevant)
| City | Toast / order path | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bonner Springs | toasttab.com/el-potro-bonner-springs-13035-canaan-dr | Primary void fill1 |
| Lee’s Summit | toasttab.com/el-potro-lees-summit-210-sw-greenwich-dr | Metro east1 |
| Paola | toasttab.com/el-potro-paola-602-north-pearl-street | Outer1 |
| Louisburg | Toast path on site | Outer1 |
| Lawrence | 3333 Iowa St; (785) 331-2500 | Out of primary scope1 |
Ownership and history
Yelp business-owner note: proud owners of Lawrence, Paola, and Bonner Springs (and group has since added more units per Toast roster).2 First-party contact email points to Gloria.1 Detailed founding year for Bonner Springs unit.
Menu
menu_status: pending — per-location Toast menus; Lawrence HTML menu pages exist on elpotrokc.com for structure reference.
Links
- Website: https://elpotrokc.com/
- Bonner Springs order: https://www.toasttab.com/el-potro-bonner-springs-13035-canaan-dr
- Lee’s Summit order: https://www.toasttab.com/el-potro-lees-summit-210-sw-greenwich-dr
Sources
Footnotes
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El Potro Mexican Cafe first-party site (accessed 2026-08-12). Asserts: multi-location Toast order links for Paola, Lawrence, Bonner Springs (13035 Canaan Dr), Lee’s Summit (210 SW Greenwich Dr), Louisburg; Gloria contact email; (785) 331-2500 Lawrence phone; catering/parties/reservations; concept language (house-made tortillas, tacos, burritos). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9
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Yelp — El Potro Mexican Cafe Bonner Springs — asserts: owner note listing Lawrence, Paola & Bonner Springs among owned locations; Gloria D. owner credit on listing. ↩ ↩2
See also
- Registry
On the record — ks.city/registry/el-potro-mexican-cafe · record updated 2026-08-12