The sea has much to teach us: its tides foretell the lunar cycle, its salt treats us to delicious shark jerky, and its colorful creatures prove that nature looks better in Blu-ray. Celebrate the big salty puddle's sagacity with today's Groupon: for $20 you get $40 worth of dinner, or for $10, you get $20 worth of lunch at Pelican Bay Oyster Bar, located in southwest Phoenix.

Pelican Bay Oyster Bar shrugs off its landlocked setting with an extensive seafaring menu. Land a lunch of charbroiled Cajun salmon ($13.95) or sample the shrimp and crab delight, which joins its loving marine proteins in sautéed matrimony with mushrooms, green onions, basil, wine, and linguine ($12.95). Dinner diners can bet hunger pangs on the clams casino, an appetizer that turns in a guaranteed jackpot of baked clams, bacon, and bread crumbs ($12.95). Pasta plates run the gamut from seafood fettuccine ($15.95) to shrimp scampi ($13.95), and the grill lets culinary adventurers reel in oceanic treasures such as swordfish, halibut, lobster, and snorkeling steaks. Pelican Bay harbors diverse wine and cocktail options to pair with fishy tastings and bait guests's minds with captivating tales of the dinner that got away.

Reviews

Five Yelpers give Pelican Bay Oyster Bar an average of four stars:

• I didn't think I would ever say this in my life, but these tacos blew my mom's homemade ones out of the park! They were absolutely delicious! – Nayeli B.
• Went today for lunch and had some wings and oysters. Everything I saw the chef make was fresh...It was very good. cool atmosphere too. – John S.