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"After years of waiting, I’m excited that the much-anticipated waterfront restaurant Bayshore Club opens Monday, July 25 in the coveted space that was the longtime home of Scotty’s Landing at 3391 Pan American Drive near Dinner Key, where Pan American had its first seaplane terminal. The project is from Grove Bay Hospitality (the team behind Stubborn Seed and Glass & Vine), which tapped chef Jeff McInnis of Root & Bone Miami and Mi’talia Kitchen & Bar to create the menu for a tropical, midcentury-travel–inspired, 300-seat indoor/outdoor spot that’s one of the few places in Coconut Grove to overlook Biscayne Bay. Guests are welcomed by a retro “Greetings from Miami” postcard mural and led to a 360-degree bar; just north is “the lawn,” featuring private cabanas, lounge seating, games like ping pong and corn hole, and fire pits, and you can even arrive by boat. The seafood-leaning menu includes crab causa, tuna tartare, grilled fish tacos, blackened mahi and an extensive raw bar, highlighted by a Cocktail Cooler with two dozen blue crab cocktail claws, two dozen red royal shrimp and the restaurant’s “secret sauce” served on a bed of ice inside a boat cooler; brunch offers a lobster and goat cheese omelet, a breakfast sandwich, low country shrimp and grits and a Medianoche French toast, and a full bar is available. Bayshore Club is open daily for lunch and dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., with brunch Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m." - Olee Fowler