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Dinner Key is amarina complex in theCoconut Grove neighborhood ofMiami,Florida, along the shore ofBiscayne Bay on South Bayshore Drive. It was originally an island, but was connected to the mainland in 1914 by filling in the intervening space. An early source attributes the name to the island being a convenient place to stop to eat while traveling by boat between the mouth of theMiami River andSnapper Creek south of Miami.[1] Dinner Key is accessible bypublic transit via the Coconut Grove Circulator from theMiami Metrorail atCoconut Grove andDouglas Road stations. Formerly, it has been the location ofCoast Guard Air Station Dinner Key andInternational Pan American Airport (whose terminal building is nowMiami City Hall).
One of Pan Am's hangars was used for many years as an exhibition hall and auditorium, the Dinner Key Auditorium, which was renamed the Coconut Grove Convention Center. From 2007 to 2013, the center was used as a permanent set for the USA television seriesBurn Notice. The building was demolished in early 2014 to make way for a new plan from the City of Miami.
This was the site of the March 1, 1969 incident in whichJim Morrison ofThe Doors was arrested for allegedly exposing himself to the audience.[2][3]
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