Gary's Down East Seafood
7610 NC-306 S, Arapahoe
(252) 249-1905
Customers' Favorites
Fried Shrimp and Oysters
Double Cheeseburger
Pan Seared Scallops
Hamburger Steak
Seafood Platter
Popcorn Shrimp
Grilled Shrimp
She Crab Soup
Chef's Salad
Key Lime Pie
Appetizers
Shrimp Cocktail
Cold boiled shrimp served with cocktail sauce.
Oysters in Red Sauce
Oysters served hot over our spicy red sauce.
Oysters on the Half Shell
Raw oysters served on the half shell with red sauce.
Soups
Clam Chowder
Our clam chowder is a hybrid of Downeast style and new England style – a cream-based chowder with a distinctive Downeast flavor!
Salads
Chef's Salad
Leaf lettuce, ham, cucumber, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and cheddar.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Leaf lettuce, grilled chicken, cucumber, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and cheddar cheese.
Shrimp Salad
Leaf lettuce, shrimp, cucumber, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and cheddar.
Seared Tuna Salad
Leaf lettuce, seared tuna, cucumber, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and cheddar cheese.
Taco Salad
Freshly fried tortilla with chorizo taco meat, sliced red tomatoes, and cheese. Served with salsa.
Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, fresh parmesan cheese, croutons, and caesar dressing.
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
Grilled chicken on our classic caesar salad.
Shrimp Caesar Salad
Shrimp on our classic caesar salad.
Seared Tuna Caesar Salad
Seared tuna on our classic caesar salad.
Kid's Menu
Chicken Nuggets
Fish Sticks
Grilled Cheese
Shrimp Basket with Popcorn Shrimp
Shrimp Basket with Local Shrimp
The Best Fried Seafood on the Coast
Local Shrimp
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Oysters
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Flounder
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Sea Scallops
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Popcorn Shrimp
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Whitefish
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Clam Strips
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Deviled Crabs
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Combination of Two
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Combination of Three
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Combination of Four
Our down east style seafood is lightly breaded & quick fried. Served with your choice of two sides.
Broiled or Sauteed Seafood
Local Shrimp
Sea Scallops
Flounder
Whitefish
Fresh Seafood Specialties
Pan-Seared Scallops
Large sea scallops lightly breaded & seasoned, pan-seared in olive oil, topped with fresh parsley & lemon.
Grilled Yellow Fin Tuna
Lightly seasoned and grilled to your pleasure. Served with wasabi.
Shrimp Scampi
Local shrimp panned in butter with white wine, garlic, and fresh lemon, topped with fresh parmesan.
Grilled Shrimp
Two skewers of our local shrimp brushed with our grilling sauce and grilled to perfection.
Grilled Alaskan Salmon
Wild-caught Alaskan salmon grilled with a light marinade and topped with a lemon dill sauce.
Land Fare
Hot Hamburger Plate
Grilled hamburger patties on white bread, topped with french fries and covered with gravy.
Hamburger Steak Plate
Ground beef, grilled and topped with your choice of grilled onions, gravy, or just have it plain. Served with your choice of two sides.
Chicken Tenders Plate
Premium chicken, fried and served with a choice of two sides.
Choice Aged Ribeye Steak (12 oz)
Aged, trimmed, and grilled. Served with your choice of two sides and toast.
Surf & Turf
Add fried shrimp, fried oysters, fried flounder, or fried whitefish to your 12 oz. Choice aged ribeye steak. Served with your choice of two sides and toast.
Carolina Barbeque Plate
Homemade on the premises with our vinegar & pepper sauce. Served with your choice of two sides.
Fish Filet Sandwich
Whole fish filet on a seeded bun with lettuce & tomato. Served with french fries or slaw.
Chicken Breast Plate
Dawson creek cattle company 8 oz. Local grass-fed, antibiotic-free beef, cheddar, lettuce, and tomato. Served with french fries or chips.
The Cattleman's Burger
Premium boneless, skinless chicken breast, grilled or fried and served with your choice of two sides.
Mozzarella Bacon Burger
8 oz. Hamburger patty grilled and topped with mozzarella cheese & bacon.
Downeaster
8 oz. Hamburger patty grilled and topped as you like it. All the way" is lettuce, tomato, cheese, mayo, mustard, ketchup, chili, and onions.
Cheeseburger
4 oz. Hamburger patty grilled and topped how you like it.
Chicken Wings
Fried plain, buffalo, or thai.
Beverages
Sierra Mist
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Mountain Dew
Lemonade
Sweetened Tea
Unsweetened Tea
Bottled Water
Decaffeinated Coffee
Desserts
Brownie Sundae
(homemade on the premises)
15 Layer Chocolate Cake
(homemade on the premises) chocolate fudge icing incapsulates 15 fluffy layers of white cake. Topped with pecans.
Lemon Pie
(homemade on the premises)
Sandwiches
Local Shrimp Burger
Popcorn Shrimp Burger
Oyster Burger
Soft Shell Crab Burger
Fish Filet Sandwich
Steak & Cheese Sandwich
Lettuce, tomato, and mayo.
Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich
Barbeque Sandwich
Ham & Cheese Hoagie
Chicken Filet Sandwich
Lettuce, tomato, mayo, and pickles.
Chicken Club Sandwich
The Cattleman's Burger
Dawson creek cattle company 8 oz. Local grass-fed, antibiotic-free beef, cheddar, lettuce, and tomato.
Mozzarella Bacon Burger
Downeaster Burger (8 oz)
Cheeseburger
2 Hot Dogs
Served with fries.
Lunch Plates
Popcorn Shrimp Plate
Fried, served with french fries and slaw.
Whitefish Plate
Fried, served with french fries and slaw.
Hot Hamburger Plate
Grilled hamburger patties on white bread, topped with french fries, covered with gravy.
Carolina Barbeque Plate
Homemade on the premises with our vinegar & pepper sauce. Served with french fries and slaw.
Soup & Salad
Chef's Salad
Leaf lettuce, ham, cucumber, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and cheddar.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Leaf lettuce, grilled chicken, cucumber, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and cheddar cheese.
Shrimp Salad
Leaf lettuce, shrimp, cucumber, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and cheddar.
Seared Tuna Salad
Leaf lettuce, seared tuna, cucumber, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and cheddar cheese.
Taco Salad
Freshly fried tortilla with chorizo taco meat, sliced red tomatoes, and cheese. Served with salsa.
Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, fresh parmesan cheese, croutons, and caesar dressing.
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
Grilled chicken on our classic caesar salad.
Shrimp Caesar Salad
Shrimp on our classic caesar salad.
Seared Tuna Caesar Salad
Seared tuna on our classic caesar salad.
Clam Chowder
Our clam chowder is a hybrid of Downeast style and new England style – a cream-based chowder with a distinctive Downeast flavor!
Kid's Menu
Chicken Nuggets
Fish Sticks
Grilled Cheese
Shrimp Basket with Popcorn Shrimp
Shrimp Basket with Local Shrimp
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Recent Reviews
This is my favorite restaurant in town. A couple of times they closed outside of their normal business hours and I was disappointed but if they are open when I get there, I think their food is the best around. Love the red sangria too!
August 2024
We actually went to the restaurant that started my love for food. Where I learned to cook the perfect shrimp and learned to cook steaks by look and feel rather than time. Gary Hardison was my teacher and started it all. We at at Gary’s Downeast restaurant and the food was amazing as well as the service. I had the yellow fin tuna with asparagus my love had the three way seafood with clams shrimp and scallops and everything was cooked perfectly. Way to go Johnny Griffin, Alton...
June 2024
So good we went two nights in a row! This is a small local seafood restaurant (with a take-out window) on the main drive through Arapahoe to the ferry. 20+ tables. What a find! I'm a VA 'coastie' so I'm very particular about seafood. Over two nights I had fried clam strips along with lightly breaded shrimp and scallops. My husband had the snow crab, shrimp and clam strips. Everything was perfect. The clams were incredibly tender. I give them 5 stars...
May 2024
