Looking For Variety? Wobbly Boots Roadhouse's Menu Has Got It!

When someone mentions Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Osage Beach, more than likely the first thought that comes to mind is our irresistible hickory-smoked BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks. That's awesome, as long as you also realize that the Boot's got a LOT more to offer than just that award-winning BBQ. 

They say "variety is the spice of life" and baby, the Boot's got it! Dine with us and you're bound to find something to satisfy every diner at your table. 

Award-Winning BBQ

To better explain the extensive variety offered at our BBQ restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks, we'll go ahead and start with the obvious. BBQ at the Boot is a popular choice for diners in the lake area due to the hybrid-style of cooking we've cultivated to create all of those hickory-smoked flavors everyone loves! This style was inspired by the BBQ meccas of the U.S.A. - Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, and Texas. 

The Boot's creative chefs combined our favorite parts of each of those styles to bring you the hickory-smoked goodness people can't seem to get enough of! Combined with our house recipe BBQ sauce, the taste sensation is truly tough to beat! 

Soup, Sandwiches, & Burgers

We offer a different Soup of the Day each day but every single day you can order our famous Baked Potato Soup. (It's pretty popular around here!) You can enjoy those as a soup/sandwich or soup/salad combo or add a cup to any meal as an upgraded side dish. 

If you'd like to upgrade your sandwich, we've got quite a few choices for you there too, with both BBQ and non-BBQ options! In the Sandwiches & Wraps portion of the menu, you'll find tasty treats like the Crusty Cuban, Hand-Breaded Pork Tenderloin, Prime Rib French Dip, Texas Style Club, and our Salmon BLT. 

As for our Black Angus Burgers, each one is made with a special blend of Black Angus chuck, brisket, and short rib cooked on a flat-iron grill. There are 7 different burgers to choose from daily and be sure to ask about our additional Burger of the Week when you come in too.  

Great-Tasting Greens

When you're trying to add more vegetables to your diet, the salads at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse are exactly what you need. Full of fresh, healthy ingredients like mixed greens, tomatoes, avocado, and more, they are filling and satisfying. 

As an added bonus, you don't have to miss out on those hickory-smoked meats when you go the salad route. Most of our salads have a great big, heaping helping of them as one of the main ingredients!  

Savory Seafood

Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp is one of our most popular appetizers plus they pair perfectly with all of our steak dinners. You'll also find lots of other delicious seafood choices throughout the best menu at the Lake of the Ozarks. Some of these choices include a fried Catfish Dinner, Brown Sugar Salmon, the Smoked Salmon Wrap, and an incredible Fried Shrimp Po Boy, just to name a few. 

Southern Comfort Food

We earn our credibility as a family restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks in part due to the incredible Southern comfort-style meals that are created in our kitchen. (That and the welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere all around the restaurant.) 

For anyone that enjoys foods "like Mom used to make," we've got what you're looking for! From the Hickory-Smoked Meatloaf to the Chicken Fried Chicken and Open-Faced Smoked Turkey, your mouth will be watering just reading about them on the menu! (Wait 'til you get a taste!)  

Today's blog gives you a good idea of the incredible variety on the menu at our restaurant & bar at the Lake of the Ozarks, but we've barely scratched the surface! You can see a full menu on our website and even order Wobbly Boots BBQ to-go online while you're there. Of course, if you'd prefer to dine right here at the Boot and get a good look at the menu in person, well, we'd love to have you over for dinner! 

BEST BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks

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4717 Osage Beach Parkway

Osage Beach, MO 65065

573-348-2277

Wondering What's So Great About BBQ? We've Got The Answers!

While BBQ isn't a favorite style of food for every single person in the world, it is for the majority of those people. What makes this type of cooking so absolutely irresistible? 

Well, there are quite a few different answers to that question but today, our Lake of the Ozarks BBQ restaurant is focusing on 3 of the top reasons that diners at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Osage Beach can't get enough of our hickory-smoked 'que!

The Aroma

Before you ever get the chance to sink your teeth into the best BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks, that glorious scent of freshly smoked meats embraces your sense of smell. As a matter of fact, that delicious scent is present in the parking lot before you even make it through our front doors! 

It's a rare person that can keep their mouth from watering once they smell what's cooking at Wobbly Boots BBQ. That sensation is quickly followed by the stomach rumbling because even if you weren't very hungry the second before, you sure are now! Any food that can do that to your sense of smell is definitely one you want to treat your sense of taste with! 

The Flavor

The art of BBQ requires patience because the best flavors come out when the cooking is done low and slow. Here at the Boot, we choose to smoke our meats. This process allows us to create the most tender, juicy, flavorful meats possible, always slow-smoking them over our favorite wood - hickory.

First, we generously coat the meats with our secret-recipe rub, then it gets a carefully selected amount of time in the smoker. Here, rather than being cooked directly over the heat, it is instead cooked next to it. The reason we use hickory is that it lends a rich, full-bodied flavor to all of our meats. Once it's done, those meats get a dose of our house recipe BBQ sauce, and the result is a mouthwatering flavor that is simply irresistible! 

The Choices

We can't speak for every BBQ restaurant out there, but here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, we offer a wide variety of different types of BBQ dishes so you can try something new every time you order! There are lots of different smoked meats for you to choose from. 

In addition to serving those meats as dinner plates and on a bun, we also put them together in a variety of ways so that even the "same ol' meat" you usually order can be enjoyed in a delicious and fascinating new way. Some of those marvelous, hickory-smoked meats we're talking about include: 

• Hand-Pulled Pork
• Turkey Breast
• Pit Ham
• Smoked Sausage
• Beef Brisket
• Burnt Ends
• Ribs
• Chicken
• Wings 

Of course, we do realize that there are those rare individuals that do not enjoy the incredible taste of BBQ. (We don't understand it, but they do exist.) If you happen to be friends with one of these people, we still have lots of other delicious dishes on our menu that even they can enjoy, so everybody's happy!

Come & Get It!

Our family restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks opens at 11:00 am, 7 days a week, year-round. That means any day you happen to have that craving for amazing BBQ, we've got you covered! We'll have it hot, fresh, and ready so all you have to do is have a seat, choose a dish to order, and enjoy it!

You can also easily order Wobbly Boots BBQ online through our website. We strive to do whatever we can to make getting all of your favorite foods out of your thoughts and into your stomach! Come on by soon and get your BBQ fix at the Boot!

BEST BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks

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4717 Osage Beach Parkway

Osage Beach, MO 65065

573-348-2277

The Wonderful Wraps of Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

A few weeks ago our blog featured "Down-Home Sandwiches So Delicious, You'll See Them Again in Your Dreams!" (That link will take you back to it, in case you missed it the first time around.) There were a few Wobbly Boots Roadhouse items from the sandwiches section of our menu that were left out but today, we're going to give you a closer look at those. 

Our hearty wraps have everything you expect in a sandwich on the inside but on the outside, instead of bread, you'll find a tasty tortilla. This allows us to bundle up all of that tastiness into one easy-to-hold meal. 

Wrap Origins

People around the world have been eating wraps in some form or another for a very long time. The wrap as we know it today began gaining popularity in the 1990s and most likely originated in California as a unique version of a Tex-Mex-style burrito. 

Stories vary about who actually deserves the credit for beginning the wrap "trend." One tale says it was first served in the early 80s in southern California, while another says this food originated in New York City, and still another version gives credit to a cafe in Connecticut. 

One of those stories states that the first wrap served in their particular restaurant wasn't because they'd added it as a new menu item but rather it happened because they ran out of bread! (Quite a few of the best foods were created by accident!) 

Wobbly Boots Wraps

Here at our Lake of the Ozarks BBQ restaurant, we've got 5 amazing wraps on the menu for you to choose from. Each one also comes with your choice of one of our homestyle side dishes as well. 

Grilled Turkey Wrap
The original Wobbly Boots' wrap! Lightly grilled turkey breast served in a warm wheat tortilla stuffed full of bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, cheddar jack cheese, and ranch dressing.

Turkey Avocado Wrap
Hickory-smoked 100% turkey breast served in a wheat tortilla with avocado, roasted pepper & tomato aioli, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheddar jack cheese. 

Wrangler Wrap
A wheat tortilla stuffed with three of our signature items - pulled pork, baked beans, and creamy coleslaw. 

Smoked Salmon Wrap
Delicate house-smoked salmon paired with a lemon-caper cream cheese and served in a wheat tortilla with lettuce, tomato, and red onion. 

Buffalo Chicken Wrap
Breaded chicken tenders tossed in our hot chipotle sauce served in a wheat tortilla with bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheddar jack cheese.  

The next time your stomach starts rumbling, head on over to Wobbly Boots BBQ in Osage Beach for one of these "sandwiches" all wrapped up, nice and neat, in a delicious bundle. Each of the five different wraps is equally delicious and chock-full of so many mouthwatering ingredients, you'll have a meal that is both tasty and satisfying! 

BEST BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks

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4717 Osage Beach Parkway

Osage Beach, MO 65065

573-348-2277

Why Is Bacon So Irresistible? (Especially at Wobbly Boots BBQ!)

It's a rare individual that can resist the glorious smell of bacon wafting through the air. Even most vegetarians' mouths start to water when they smell it! It's a natural, irresistible reaction that is pretty hard to control.

We get to see this "bacon effect" on a daily basis here at our Lake of the Ozarks BBQ restaurant! It happens every time we pull that incredible meat out of our smoker and each time it is served to one of our hungry Wobbly Boots Roadhouse customers. 

Why does this meat in particular evoke such a euphoric feeling from nearly everyone on the planet? We did a little research on the subject, and we found out there are actually some scientific reasons why bacon is so appealing. 

The Science of Bacon
Some foods contain a single molecule that is responsible for what you taste. For example, bananas and almonds are very distinctive flavors that mainly rely on a single molecule for flavor, but as yummy as they may be to some people, those are foods that aren't too difficult to resist. 

Bacon, on the other hand, has a phenomenal combination of factors that come together to create that crispy goodness. The best explanation that we found came from an online article from the BBC. It gets a bit scientific but extremely interesting to us bacon-lovers. 

" 'Some of the major flavour players are the result of the pork belly's fat breaking down,' says Guy Crosby, food scientist and science editor at America's Test Kitchen. 'It's not just the white marbling that's in play. The cell membranes of the muscle tissue contain fatty acids that disintegrate during cooking to yield a bouquet of flavourful compounds like aldehydes, furans, and ketones. By themselves, some of these molecules have distinct tastes or smells – furans have a sweet, nutty, caramel-like note, aldehydes a green, grassy note, and ketones tend to be buttery – but whatever they are doing together seems to be key. If any of these classes of molecules were missing from the overall bacon flavour, you would notice it.' "

So basically, the combination of sweet, nutty, caramel-like notes, + green, grassy notes, + a buttery flavor all come together in a magical way to create the magnificent bacon flavor we all know and love! The bacon that you get from our family-friendly restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks takes the magnificent flavor of bacon one step further after it spends some time in our smoker.

Hickory-Smoking Makes It Even Better
The rubs and spices that are added to bacon play a part in the final flavor too. The chemical reactions of everything combined create a variety of tastes, pointing the various molecules in different directions. 

The act of smoking bacon causes the meat to take on yet another set of flavor compounds. Wobbly Boots BBQ's hickory-smoked meats go through a long, slow cooking process that gives them a flavor that is the best in the Midwest. The smoke that comes from the hickory wood releases both acrid and sweet-smelling compounds that combine to add that amazing extra flavor that puts meats like our bacon on everyone's favorite foods list.

Get Your Bacon-Fix at the Boot

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse's menu features quite a few items containing our mouthwatering, hickory-smoked bacon. These menu items taste great on their own but adding bacon makes them even better! (That's the true magic of bacon!) Some of the dishes that you will find our bacon on include:

• Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
• Texas Fries
• Cowboy Cobb Salad
• Texas Style Club
• Big Texas BLT
• Catfish BLT
• Grilled Turkey Wrap
• Buffalo Chicken Wrap
• El Diablo Burger
• Hickory Bacon BBQ Cheeseburger
• Baked Potato Soup

Alright, it's time to wipe the drool off of your chin, hop into the car, and get yourself on over to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Osage Beach! All of the mouthwatering, hickory-smoked goodness we prepare daily is available 7 days a week beginning at 11:00 am. 

Whether you end up ordering bacon or not (but come on, you know you're gonna!), you can rest assured that whatever dish you choose will taste incredible. After all, when you dine at the place claiming to serve the best BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks, you would expect no less and we always aim to please! 

BEST BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks

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4717 Osage Beach Parkway

Osage Beach, MO 65065

573-348-2277

August is Catfish Month So Let's Celebrate Seafood, BBQ-Style!

National Catfish Day falls in June but National Catfish Month is set for all of August. While a BBQ restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks might not be the first place to come to mind when you think of seafood, maybe it should be! 

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Osage Beach offers some amazing menu items featuring catfish as well as a wonderful variety of other seafood dishes that are sure to please even the pickiest of seafood lovers.   

CATFISH

Catfish Dinner
Two delicious southern-fried catfish filets served with tartar sauce, a slice of lemon, and your choice of a homestyle side dish. 

Catfish BLT
A southern-style catfish filet coated in seasoned cornmeal and fried to a golden brown served on a hoagie with bacon, lettuce, tomato, and Cajun mayo. 

SALMON

Blackened Salmon Sandwich
A blackened salmon filet served on a hoagie with lettuce, tomato, and a roasted pepper and tomato aioli. 

Smoked Salmon Wrap
Delicate, house-smoked salmon paired with a lemon-caper cream cheese and served in a wheat tortilla with lettuce, tomato, and red onion. 

Brown Sugar Salmon
This dinner gives you a grilled salmon filet glazed with our brown sugar teriyaki sauce on top of smashed potatoes with a side of spring green beans and a big piece of Texas toast. 

Smoked Salmon Salad
A bed of crisp greens topped with our house-smoked salmon, hard-boiled egg, tomatoes, and red onion. 

SHRIMP

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
This amazing appetizer offers 6 large Gulf shrimp individually wrapped with our hickory-smoked bacon and grilled to perfection. They're great as-is, but you may want to try them tossed in our Chipotle Buffalo sauce too!

Fried Shrimp Dinner
Enjoy 7 large Gulf coast shrimp hand-breaded and fried to a golden brown served with a side of cocktail sauce. These also taste terrific tossed in our Buffalo sauce! 

Fried Shrimp Po' Boy
A delicious combination of hand-breaded shrimp with lettuce, tomato, and Cajun mayo served on a hoagie. (We'll toss this one in Buffalo sauce too if you ask!) 

Whether you're in the mood for the best hickory-smoked BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks, a plate full of succulent seafood, or a little bit of both, Wobbly Boots BBQ is the place to be! 

You can always view our full Wobbly Boots Roadhouse menu online (plus order your food to go directly from the website!) Of course, to get the full effect with the sights and scents of these fantastic menu items, including the best seafood at the Lake of the Ozarks, join us in the dining room any day of the week after 11:00 am. We'll have it hot and ready for you! 

BEST BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks

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4717 Osage Beach Parkway

Osage Beach, MO 65065

573-348-2277

Prime Rib Fans - Have It Hickory-Smoked at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse!

Prime Rib is an incredibly delicious meat and that's why we use it on many of the fantastic sandwiches served daily at our Lake of the Ozarks BBQ restaurant. Of course, if you prefer it served as a succulent, mouthwatering, hickory-smoked steak dinner, we do that too! 

Of course, this particular meal is so very special, you can only get it on the weekends at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Osage Beach. (You were planning on joining us for the weekend anyway, though, weren't you?) 

Why is Prime Rib So Delicious? 
Prime rib is one of the most savory, juicy, and flavorful cuts of meat you can get from a cow. This particular cut of beef is sometimes referred to as a standing rib roast, and it's the finest cut of beef you will find. 

It is cut from the primal rib, one of the eight primal cuts of beef. The amount of marbling found on prime rib makes a big difference in the quality. The more fat that is woven throughout a particular cut, the more tender and juicy the final product will taste.

Prime Rib Dinner at the Boot
The hickory-smoked prime rib dinner at our Lake of the Ozarks BBQ restaurant is a special dish that we reserve for a weekend treat every Friday and Saturday night after 5:00 pm. We take extra care in preparing this hearty meal especially for you every weekend. (Of course, if you get a craving for steak any other day of the week, the Boots' Hand-Cut RibEye is sure to hit the spot too.) 

Each serving of prime rib is hand-cut, perfectly seasoned, and slow-smoked to perfection. It's available as either a 10-oz. 14-oz. or 18-oz. cut and is served with a great big slice of Texas toast and your choice of one of our amazing homestyle side dishes.

More Prime Rib - 7 Days a Week
Although our Prime Rib Dinners are reserved for the weekend, we offer an excellent variety of menu items at our family restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks that feature shaved prime rib as one of the main ingredients. These incredible dishes can be ordered for lunch or dinner 7 days a week! 

Prime Rib Hot Beef
Shaved prime rib served over bread with smashed potatoes & beef gravy plus green beans.

Prime Rib French Dip
Thin-shaved smoked prime rib and melted Swiss cheese on a hoagie served with a side of au jus.

Prime Rib Melt
Succulent house-smoked shaved prime rib topped with Swiss on grilled sourdough bread served with our house-made horsey sauce on the side for an extra kick.

6-Pepper Steak Po' Boy
Thin-shaved smoked prime rib and Swiss cheese topped with our 6-pepper sauce.

What'll It Be?

So you see, no matter which day of the week you're craving prime rib, it's always on the menu in one form or another. Once the weekend rolls around, the best way to kick it off is to head over to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse and treat yourself to the best prime rib dinner at the Lake of the Ozarks. The only problem you'll have after that is figuring out how to top the awesome beginning to your weekend! 

BEST BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks

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4717 Osage Beach Parkway

Osage Beach, MO 65065

573-348-2277

Start Your Meal Off Right With Our Awesome Appetizers

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Osage Beach offers a great big menu filled with all kinds of hearty plates full of the best BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks. Before you get to the main meal of lunch or dinner, you'll want to take a look at the many delicious appetizers we have to offer. 

While the purpose of an appetizer is to eat a "little something" to keep your hunger at bay until the main dish arrives, a lot of the apps at the Boot are actually enough to make a meal out of on their own! We suggest that you either come into our Lake of the Ozarks BBQ restaurant either very hungry or with a few friends to share some appetizers with so you don't miss out on this tasty section of the menu. 

Wobbly Boots Appetizers

Wobbly Wings
These juicy, jumbo chicken wings are coated with our house dry rub and then slow-roasted in our hickory pit. We serve them up with your choice of ranch or bleu cheese dressing. Each order can be eaten plain (tickling your taste buds with that hickory-smoked goodness) or tossed in one of our incredible sauces. 

• BBQ - Our house recipe sauce. A great addition to anything!
• Original - A mustard-based sauce like no other. Try it and you'll be hooked!
• Chipotle Buffalo - Our version of a traditional Buffalo sauce. 
• Teriyaki - Sweet and delicious!
• Trashed - Our smoked wings deep-fried before serving. 

Our Famous Onion Rings

A heaping stack of thick-cut yellow onions, hand-breaded to order and deep-fried to a golden brown, served with chipotle ranch. 

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

Six large Gulf shrimp individually wrapped with our hickory-smoked bacon and grilled to perfection. Try them tossed in our Chipotle Buffalo sauce too!

Ribbies & Wings

Two of our most popular items! 4 individual pork spare ribs with our house recipe BBQ sauce and 6 of our Wobbly Wings with your choice of sauce. 

BBQ Pork Nachos

Corn tortilla chips covered with spicy queso cheese sauce, pulled pork, baked beans, cheddar-jack cheese, tomatoes, and onions served with a side of jalapenos. 

Brisket Quesadilla

Smoked beef brisket, bacon, tomatoes, green onions, cheddar-jack cheese, and BBQ sauce in a wheat tortilla served with a side of salsa and sour cream.

Chicken Tenders

Fresh chicken tenders, hand-breaded and cooked to a golden brown, served plain or tossed in one of our wing sauces. 

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Smoked chicken breast mixed in a Buffalo cream cheese dip topped with Provel cheese and baked to a golden brown, served with corn tortilla chips. 

Fried Pickles

A half-pound of pickle chips hand-breaded in our special seasoned flour,  fried to a golden brown, and served with chipotle ranch. 

Burnt Ends & Sausage

Delicious burnt ends and smoked sausage served with a piece of Texas toast. Available while they last!

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms

A bountiful blend of crab meat, cream cheese, cheddar-jack cheese, and special seasoning stuffed in large mushroom caps and topped with Provel cheese and baked to a golden brown. 

Texas Fries

Seasoned fries smothered in spicy queso cheese sauce, bacon, green onions, and cheddar-jack cheese served with a side of jalapenos. 

The Wobbly Boots Sampler

Some of the best of what we have to offer! 4 Wobbly Wings, 4 Onion Rings, 4 Bacon Wrapped Shrimp, and 4 Spare Ribs slathered in BBQ sauce. A mountain of food suitable for a big meal or sharing!

As you can see, these irresistible appetizers are so amazing, you've got to plan to come in good and hungry so you have enough room to give them a try! They also make a great mid-day snack, possibly when you join us for Happy Hour each Monday-Friday from 3-6 pm or all day every Sunday. (Yep, Happy Hour ALL day, EVERY Sunday!) As a matter of fact, we even have a few of our apps on special during Happy Hour.  

Another awesome idea is to order up a few platters of your favorite Wobbly Boots BBQ appetizers the next time you host a meeting, party, or get-together. They're the perfect choice for feeding any hungry crowd. In a situation like that, you might even get a chance to try one of everything!   

BEST BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks

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4717 Osage Beach Parkway

Osage Beach, MO 65065

573-348-2277