Li'l Rizzo's Italian Restaurant

Have you had a chance to check out the new menus online for Li'l Rizzo's Italian Restaurant yet? (Our Osage Beach location has had theirs up for a while now but we've just added the beautifully updated menu for our Lake Ozark location recently.) They have a much sharper, colorful look and best of all, they include photos of the best Italian food at the Lake of the Ozarks too! (And a picture is worth a thousand words.)  If Li'l Rizzos is new to you, it may surprise you to see the many delicious choices our menu has to offer. As for our regular diners, you may have visited us enough times that you don't even look at the menu anymore because you already have your favorite foods in mind when you come in.  Today's blog features a quick overview of the menu plus a peek at some of our most popular dishes. This will give newcomers a better idea of what we serve and give our "regulars" a reminder of the other foods they may want to branch out and give a try n...

This time of year at both Li'l Rizzo's Italian Restaurant locations, the best Happy Hour at the Lake of the Ozarks happens 6 days a week. You can enjoy it every Monday-Friday from 3-6 pm and all day every Sunday!   Those all-day Sunday Happy Hours have made football fans very happy on NFL Sundays this season. We're continuing this day full of great food and drink deals on the very "super" NFL Sunday coming up this weekend on February 7, 2021.  Kick-off is at 5:30 pm and if you can join us in the dining room of our Lake of the Ozarks restaurant & bar , here's a closer look at the Happy Hour specials we'll have waiting for you. After that, for those of you that prefer to watch at home, we've got a few "super" ideas for menu items you can order to-go to enjoy while you watch the game.  Happy Hour Drink Specials You can't have an amazing Happy Hour without some incredible drink specials and that's never a problem here at Li'l Ri...

It's a new month, a brand new year, and we've got some new cravings at Li'l Rizzo's Italian Restaurant ! The weather is cold outside but it's always cozy and warm inside our Lake of the Ozarks Italian restaurant . Once you dig into some of the delicious dishes from our menu, you'll be all warmed up from the inside out, full, and happily satisfied! Here are a few menu items we're loving right now to inspire your own cravings.  Hot Soup January is National Soup Month. That was good thinking on someone's part because it's the perfect time of year to enjoy a piping hot bowl of soup. Here at Li'l Rizzo's, we offer two different types of soup daily.  Our Soup of the Day changes between an irresistible rotation of savory soups, so be sure to ask your server what we've got on the stove on the day you join us. Our Minestrone Soup is a staple on the menu, so it's always hot, fresh, and ready for you to enjoy. We make this tomato-based soup fr...

We absolutely love creating the best pasta & pizza at the Lake of the Ozarks 7 days a week, all year long. The one thing that we love even more than that is hearing that our diners loved their experience at Li'l Rizzo's Italian Restaurant !  Today we've decided to share some of that love with all of you. Read on to find out what some recent guests thought about their time at each of our 2 Li'l Rizzo's locations. (And if you feel like "sharing the love" by giving away Li'l Rizzo's gift cards this season, learn all about our special holiday gift card promotion at the end of today's blog!)  LI'L RIZZO'S in LAKE OZARK " Very Good : We ordered “curb-side” lasagna & pizza, both very good! Pizza is thin crust, our preference! They brought food out to our car. " ~ Liveshealthy, TripAdvisor review " The best Italian food I've had in the Lake of the Ozarks " ~ Shane Howard, Google review " We got a couple t...

Do you have a few (or quite a few) hard-to-shop-for people on your gift-giving list this year? One thing that everyone always seems to love receiving is food and when that food comes from Li'l Rizzo's Italian Restaurant , they'll love it even more!  Not only do we serve the best pasta & pizza at the Lake of the Ozarks but also amazing appetizers, a "world-famous" house salad, savory sandwiches, incredible drinks from the bar, and a whole lot more. There's also a fantastic Happy Hour to enjoy 6 days a week, an unbelievable gift card sale happening right now, and we cater too! Here are a few ways you can put all of that tasty information to good use and give the gift of YUM from Li'l Rizzo's this year.  Share Gift Cards Right now, especially for the holidays, our Lake of the Ozarks Italian restaurant is offering a great gift card promotion that includes a special gift for you, the gift-card-buyer, as well! For every gift card purchased, we'll g...

The holiday season is here with colder temperatures, an exciting festive atmosphere, and visions of sugar plums dancing through most of our heads! While we do not have sugar plums on the menu at Li'l Rizzo's Italian Restaurant , we do have lots of other tasty treats that are guaranteed to cure your cravings this December.  Here's a peek at a few of the delicious dishes our Lake of the Ozarks Italian restaurant serves on a daily basis that we've been having cravings for lately. (After reading this, we bet you'll be having some cravings too!)  Parmesan Breadsticks After a hectic day of holiday shopping, a plate full of hot, fresh from the oven breadsticks is sure to hit the spot deliciously and tide you over until you can decide what the main dish will be. We hand-roll the dough for our Parmesan Bread Sticks, lightly brush it with butter, sprinkle on Italian seasoning and Parmesan cheese, and then bake it to a perfect golden brown. Add some home-made marinara or alfr...

  Meatballs have a special place in the hearts (or rather, stomachs) of most of the diners at Li'l Rizzo's Italian restaurant . That's because we've taken special care to create a meatball that not only tastes amazing but also is so large, only one is needed for each plate of spaghetti!  This particular meatball is so incredible, it's even earned itself a spot on the appetizer menu at our Lake of the Ozarks Italian restaurant . (You can get that, along with all of our other appetizers, for half-price during Happy Hour every Monday-Friday from 3-6 pm and all day on Sundays too!)  Meatballs Around the World You're probably most familiar with meatballs made from ground beef, but the definition states that a meatball can be made by rolling any type of ground meat into a ball, sometimes with other ingredients. It can be fried, baked, steamed, or braised in sauce.    As partial as we are to Li'l Rizzo's meatballs, it's still interesting to see how others m...