There Are Lots of Reasons To Celebrate Pasta This October

 Last week's blog was all about the incredible pizzas we serve at Li'l Rizzo's Italian Restaurant because October is National Pizza Month. You've got plenty of reasons to celebrate pasta in October as well because this Saturday, October 17 happens to be National Pasta Day, and then a couple of weeks later on Sunday, October 25, World Pasta Day lands on the calendar!

October is a great month for us because we don't just offer one of those honored foods but both - the best pizza and pasta at the Lake of the Ozarks! When you're ready to celebrate pasta this month (in between slices of pizza, of course) here's what we've got waiting for you at Li'l Rizzo's. 

~ Classic Pasta ~

Spaghetti
Spaghetti noodles and our homemade, chunky meat sauce.

Spaghetti and Meatball
Spaghetti noodles and meat sauce topped with a homemade 6-ounce meatball sprinkled with parmesan cheese and parsley.

Lasagna
Our lasagna is homemade with 6 layers of pasta with meat sauce, ricotta cheese, and Italian sausage. It's topped with a blend of mozzarella and Provel cheese, then baked.

Fettuccine Alfredo
Wide, flat noodles in our homemade Alfredo sauce.

Baked Mostaccioli
Tubular noodles and meat sauce topped with our homemade Béchamel sauce and a blend of Italian cheese baked to perfection.

Manicotti
Large pasta tubes stuffed with ricotta cheese, then topped in a creamy red sauce of our traditional Italian Béchamel and Marinara and baked.

Cavatelli Con Broccoli
Shell-shaped noodles with broccoli and mushrooms in our creamy homemade Alfredo sauce.

Linguini Marinara
Linguini noodles and mushrooms in our homemade marinara sauce.

~ Seafood Pasta ~

Fettuccine with Shrimp
Fettuccine Alfredo with sautéed shrimp.

Linguini Con Pesce
Shrimp, real crabmeat, clams, and mushrooms served in Alfredo or a delicate wine sauce.

Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp, green onions, tomatoes, and fresh chopped garlic sautéed in a delicate wine stock, then tossed with angel hair pasta.

Cajun Shrimp
Succulent shrimp, yellow onion, green and red bell peppers all sautéed in EVOO and freshly chopped garlic, then served with linguine noodles in a Cajun Alfredo sauce.

~ Beef & Pork Pasta ~

Cannelloni Con Bianco
2 large pasta tubes stuffed with beef and pork, served in a creamy Béchamel mushroom sauce.

Cannelloni Con Salsa
2 large pasta tubes stuffed with beef and pork, served in a creamy Béchamel meat sauce.

Tortellini Alfredo
Ring-shaped pasta with beef and pork in our homemade sauce with peas, bacon, and mushrooms

Sausage-n-Peppers
Sautéed red and green bell peppers, onion, and sliced Italian sausage in marinara sauce over linguini noodles

~ Chicken Pasta ~

Roasted Garlic Chicken Capellini
Roasted garlic chicken, green onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, and freshly chopped garlic sauteed in a delicate wine stock and served with angel hair pasta

Fettuccine Con Pollo
Fettuccine Alfredo with roasted garlic chicken

Creamy Chicken Mostaccioli
A buttery Alfredo sauce with bacon, mushrooms, and roasted garlic chicken

Both pasta holidays in October give you an extra excuse to enjoy a big, hot, delicious pasta dish but around here, extra excuses aren't really necessary. Our Lake of the Ozarks Italian restaurant & bar celebrates pasta 7 days a week, all year long! 

Both Li'l Rizzo's locations open daily at 11:00 am. You are welcome to join us in the dining room or place an order to go by giving the restaurant nearest you a call, ordering from our free Lil Rizzos mobile app, or you can easily order Li'l Rizzo's to go online through our website. We'll even bring it out to the car for you if you like! Whichever way makes it easiest for you to celebrate pasta, we're at your service! 


(*Disclaimer: Li'l Rizzo's food and beverage items are subject to change at any time and may not be available at both locations.)  


Location: Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, USA

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