Our Awesome Appetizers Get A Meal Started Right!

The first page of the Dog Days Bar & Grill menu features an array of the best appetizers at the Lake of the Ozarks. When you think "appetizer," small portions may come to mind, just enough to whet your appetite before the main meal. Well, that's not necessarily true in our case! Our Lake of the Ozarks waterfront restaurant serves up great big helpings of our appetizers, in some cases large enough to eat as your meal! Check out what we have on the menu for you this season. 

Crab Legs
Sweet, succulent snow crab legs boiled in our southern spices are served with lemon and garlic butter. Sold by the pound (2 clusters.)

Avocado Relleno
We take fresh avocado, cut it in half, hand-bread it, and fry until golden brown. Then we stuff it with sweet and spicy sauteed shrimp, Texas caviar, and a roasted tomato and jalapeno cream. Try it beach style and keep it fresh instead of fried. 

Crispy Lobster Bites
Deep fried and served with horsey peppadew aioli and fresh lemon.

Hickory Smoked Wings
Smoked then fried crispy and served with celery and ranch or blue cheese dressing. You get to choose a sauce from these 7 amazing flavors: Original, Extra Hot, Bourbon BBQ, Teriyaki, Honey Habanero, Spicy Garlic, or our Chili & Jalapeno Dry Rub.

Southern Fried Chicken Tenders
Hand-breaded chicken tenderloins, fried golden brown and served with buttermilk ranch or BBQ. You can try them tossed in your favorite wing sauce too!

Ahi Tuna Platter
Seared yellow fin tuna, chilled and sliced thin, served with jicama slaw, sesame ginger sauce, wasabi cream, and pickled onions. 

Crab Rangoon
Crispy fired wontons filled with crabmeat, cream cheese, and spices. Served with mango chutney dipping sauce. 

DOG DAYS NACHOS
One type of nacho for our appetizer menu simply wasn't enough for our creative chefs. Once they started creating, they couldn't stop! All of our nachos start with corn tortillas, chile con queso, salsa, and sour cream with your favorite style of toppings, featured below:

BBQ Pork
Slow-smoked pulled pork, Bourbon BBQ, Texas caviar, and spicy pickles.

Jerk Chicken
Island-smoked chicken breast, jerk sauce, diced mango, black-eyed peas, pico, and roasted shoepeg corn.

Spicy Beef or Chicken
Seasoned ground beef, pico, jalapenos, cheddar jack cheese, shredded lettuce, and roasted tomato jalapeno cream sauce. 

Seafood
Crab, shrimp, scallops, Cajun sauce, diced tomato, peppadews, and jalapenos.

Thai Tuna Nachos
Seared Ahi yellow fin tuna served chilled and tossed in our Thai chili marinade and sweetened soy sauce. We put this on top of fried wontons, fresh mango, wakame, pickled ginger, fresh lime, wasabi cream, and roasted red pepper puree. 

Whether you decide to order on of our delicious appetizers as a midday snack to enjoy along with a cold beverage lakeside, you order it for your meal, or even better, order a few and share them with a group of friends, we know that you're going to love all of the choices listed above. Our waterfront bar & restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks opens at 11 am, 7 days a week, and we serve food late into the evening. If you give our appetizers a try and still have some room left, there are lots of amazing dishes awaiting your order on the rest of the Dog Days Bar & Grill menu too. Come back often this season and give them all a try! 

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1232 Jeffries Rd in Osage Beach ~ Mile Marker 19

(573) 348-9797