Gio's Cafe

411 S MacDill Ave, Tampa
(813) 324-6118

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Cuban Tamales with Side Roast Pork & Platano Maduro
Lunch Special Black Beans and Rice
Cuban Sandwich Spanish Bean Soup
Cafe Con Leche and Cuban Toast
Yellow Rice and Black Beans
Cuban Breakfast Sandwich
Palomilla Steak Sandwich
Plantains & Black Beans
Stuffed Potato
Ropa Vieja

Menu

Breakfast Mains
Cuban Toast
Freshly baked Cuban bread with butter or cheese and delicious with cafe con leche with butter.
Cuban Breakfast Sandwich
A three-egg omelet with your choice of bacon, sausage, and chorizo or ham, and topped with Swiss or American cheese.
Two Pancakes
Blueberries or chocolate chip.
Biscuits and Gravy
French Toast
Cuban Pastelitos (Guava)
A light pastry stuffed with guava and cheese

Breakfast Sides
Grits
Hash Browns
Extra Meat
Home Fries
Oatmeal

Breakfast Specials
Two Eggs any Way
With choice of meat and one side.
One Egg Sandwich
With choice of meat and cheese.
Custom Omelet
Two Pancakes
With choice of meat and 2 eggs any way.
"Booky" Special
Egg white omelet made your way.

Soups and Veggies
Caldo Gallago
Black Bean Soup
Spanish Bean Soup
Vegetables
Yuca, platanos maduros, seasoned green beans, tostones, and mashed potatoes.
Yellow Rice
White Rice

Extras
Cuban Tamale
Empanada de Carne

House Specials
Gio's Roast Pork
Served with your two choices of any soups, rice or veggies, Cuban bread, and butter.
Picadillo
"A Cuban classic" ground beef prepared with onions, peppers, olives, and capers. Served with your two choices of any soups, rice or veggies, Cuban bread, and butter.
Roast Chicken
A quarter of chicken white or dark and slow roasted in a citric marinade that is delicious. Served with your two choices of any soups, rice or veggies, Cuban bread, and butter.
Pollo Tropical
A citric mojo seasoned chicken breast grilled tender and juicy topped with onions, cilantro, and lime. Served with your two choices of any soups, rice or veggies, Cuban bread, and butter.
Breaded Steak
Tender grilled or fried cube steak with garlic mojo, onions, and parsley. Served with your two choices of any soups, rice or veggies, Cuban bread, and butter.
Milanesa Steak
The breaded steak topped with rich tomato sauce chopped eggs, peas, parsley, pimientos, and cheese. Served with your two choices of any soups, rice or veggies, Cuban bread, and butter.
Russian Trout
A breaded filet of trout topped with onions, pimientos, chopped eggs, parsley, and peas in butter. Served with your two choices of any soups, rice or veggies, Cuban bread, and butter.
Quesadilla "Mojo" Pork Chicken
Six plump gulf shrimp prepared in your choice of a rich catalana sauce or garlic and oil. Served with your two choices of any soups, rice or veggies, Cuban bread, and butter.

Sandwiches
Cuban "The Real Deal" Sandwich
The authentic mix of baked ham, roasted pork, Genoa salami, mortadella, and Swiss cheese.
Big Guava Sandwich
This is Pipo's version of the Cuban classic. Smoked turkey breast with cream cheese and guava.
Veggie Cuban Sandwich
Mixed greens with Swiss and pickles.
Breaded Steak Sandwich
Tender grilled or fried cube steak with garlic mojo, your choice of onions, and cilantro.
Media Noche "Midnight" Sandwich
As delicious as a Cuban on a semi-sweet egg bread.
Pollo Tropical Sandwich
A citric mojo seasoned chicken breast grilled tender, juicy topped with onions, and cilantro.

Grab and Go
Dinner for "Two"
Roasted chicken, picadillo, and roast pork. Flan, rice pudding, and bread pudding. With two sides, along with Cuban bread, iced tea, and your choice of dessert.
Dinner Feast of "Four"
Roasted chicken, picadillo, and roast pork. Flan, rice pudding, and bread pudding. With two sides, along with Cuban bread, iced tea, and your choice of dessert.

Beverages and Sweets
Cafe Con Leche
Cuban espresso with steaming milk.
Fountan Sodas
16 oz.
Cuban Espresso
Spanish Sodas
Materva, jupina, coco rico, and iron beer.
Milk
Bottled Water
Pudin de Pan "Bread Pudding"
Fresh Brewed Ice Tea
16 oz.
American Coffee
Flan " Cuban Custard"
Arroz Con Leche "Rice Pudding"

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Recent Reviews

Breakfast was good. I ordered lunch and had a fried steak sandwich. I didn’t like the fried steak sandwich because of the mustard in it. I think the steak sandwich I am used to in Miami have mayo and the white sautéed onions are crispy but cooked, which taste different. I also ordered sweet fried plantains and they are missing the essence of a sweet fried plantains, the plantain must be ripe. So I will keep searching for a Cuban eatery here in Tampa. The seating is a little...
August 2025
Food is awesome in the traditional Tampa style....whether you choose plate or sandwich, you won't be disappointed.
Pressed Cuban is the best in Tampa currently. Great location on Macdill just south of Kennedy.
Jeff Tillman
July 2025
The food was okay, wasn't one of the best Cuban sandwiches I've tasted. It was a little bit lacking on the meat department. Especially the roast pork a little anorexic. For my taste The rest of the food looked and smelt. Good I didn't eat anything else from them. I just didn't like the whole And then online, I guess it makes sense to have the coffee separated from the food line. The problem was that you stand on the food line? You have to wait, you finally...
May 2025

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Gio's Cafe

411 S MacDill Ave, Tampa, FL 33609
(813) 324-6118