Gio's in French Harbor

 We try to stick to lunches (less expensive) and not dinners because they tend to be more expensive.  This time we decided to splurge and went to Gio's.  It's located on the edge of the water in French Harbor.  It opens at 5pm for dinner and we were the only customers there until about 6pm.  We sat outside without any fans and the wind stopped blowing so it got a little warm and humid.  The menu is one page in spanish and one page in English.  The options don't say what they come with, I ordered the Breaded Fish and Greg ordered the breaded shrimp plate.  We had no idea if we just get a plate with meat, or what it came with.  Surprisingly we ended up with a ton of food.  It came with salad and garlic bread which was really good and fresh, the main dish came with a steamed potato with butter on it and steamed veggies that included green beans, carrots and a local veggie that looks similar to a squash.  The fish was really good and a very large portion.  Greg got about 10 shrimp on his plate and he said they were great.

After the sun set, they turn on a light over the water which attracts stingray, it was still light out, but a stingray came gliding by several times.  So beautiful.













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