10 Easter Food Fun Facts

Easter popped up on the calendar early this year. It seems like we were just celebrating St. Patrick's Day, and now it's time to put away the green beer and start hiding eggs! Our Lake of the Ozarks waterfront restaurant is open 7 days a week now, so we will be here for you on Easter Sunday, along with our all-day-Sunday Happy Hour! 

Shorty Pants Lounge & Marina has decided to treat you to a few fun Easter facts about the yummy foods that we love to consume on this holiday. Get ready, because most of these are going to make that sweet tooth of yours start acting up!


1. Candy seems to be the star when it comes to food at Easter. The only holiday where more candy is consumed is Halloween. It's a good thing those two holidays are so far apart. Plenty of time to come down off of that sugar rush!

2. Over two million dollars is spent annually on Easter candy alone. 

3. About 700 million marshmallow Peeps are created for the holiday. They are the most popular non-chocolate candy eaten at Easter.

4. Over 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are produced every Easter. How do you tackle your chocolate bunny? The vast majority bites off the ears first. A very small percentage prefer to begin with the "lucky" rabbit's feet.

5. You could circle the earth three times with the 16 billion jelly beans produced for Easter each year. 

6. Do you have a favorite jelly bean flavor? In surveys, cherry gets the most votes.

7. Did you know that pretzels are associated with Lent? The twist is said to resemble a person's arms crossed over their chest in prayer. 

8. Before those colored tablets, Easter eggs were dyed with natural items. These sound a little strange, but you can supposedly use the following ingredients to get these colors:

• red onion = violet
• cherry juice = red
• purple cabbage = blue
• yellow onion skins = orange
• carrots = yellow
• shredded beets = pink

9. Over half of the United States felt it was necessary to ban the dyeing of chicks on Easter. You'd be wise to stick to only coloring the eggs.

10. It is said that you will have good luck coming your way if you find a double-yolked egg on Easter Sunday.

What is your favorite food to eat for Easter? Our poll showed that Cajun dishes were voted #1, but that poll was taken on site with our kitchen doors wide open and the scent of the best Cajun food at the Lake of the Ozarks wafting by, so that survey may have been a bit biased. 

However you end up spending your holiday weekend, we hope that you will stop by and spend at least a little bit of it here at Shorty Pants Lounge & Marina. We are open daily at 11 am, and our exciting 2016 is still just getting started! 

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New Orleans Taste at the Lake - Our Bourbon Street Eats

There are so many great reasons to come to Shorty Pants Lounge & Marina now that we're open for the season: our Sunday Happy Hour, the incredible live entertainment, the full service marina, and the breathtaking lake view, just to name a few. The thing that makes us truly unique to the area, though, is the fact that we know how to create up the best Cajun food at the Lake of the Ozarks. 

You will find a wide variety of choices on our menu, but we take special pride in our Cajun dishes. The flavors of New Orleans are infused throughout, and in our Bourbon Street Eats menu, they have been perfected.   

Crab Cake Pasta

Two delicious handmade shrimp and lump blue crab cakes are placed on a bed of angel hair pasta with delicious seafood cream sauce.

Cajun Alfredo

A mildly spiced Alfredo tossed with fettuccine noodles. Add chicken or shrimp, or if you can't decide, add them both!

Easy Street Trio

You will love this sweet and spicy blush cream sauce with andouille sausage, shrimp, and tender chicken, all served over fettuccine.

Chicken New Orleans

A blackened chicken breast sauteed with a trio of bell peppers paired with a kickin' Cajun cream sauce and served over rice. 

Shrimp N Grits

Large shrimp sauteed with andouille sausage, onions,and mushrooms, served over our homemade cheddar cheese and jalapeno grits.

Voodoo Chicken

A spicy marinara blackened chicken breast gently placed over a bed of sauteed onions, peppers, and rice.

Smothered Catfish

A catfish filet, either fried or blackened, served on a bed of rice, smothered in our crawfish etouffee. 

Jambalaya

A Louisiana rice-based dish that is steeped in rich and subtle spices along with andouille sausage, smoked chicken and shrimp. If you're up for some extra flavor, try it dirty!

Red Beans N Rice

This classic dish is seasoned to perfection and served with a link of andouille sausage.

Crawfish-N-Shrimp Etouffee

Crawfish & shrimp smothered in a rich, creamy etouffee sauce with creole vegetables, served with rice.

New Orleans Medley

A plateful of our signature entrees, creamy crawfish etouffee, rich jambalaya, red beans & rice, and a half link of our andouille sausage.

All of Shorty Pants Lounge's Bourbon Street Eats meals are served with a garden salad or mini Caesar salad and your choice of French bread or cornbread. Add a great big glass of iced tea or a muddled Mojito to that setup, and you've got an amazing meal in front of you! 

When you are looking for a taste of New Orleans without the long drive, head on over to the best Cajun restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks. After you've had the chance to try all of these, we've got a lot more dishes waiting for you!  

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It's National Crab Meat Day - Celebrate at Shorty Pants!

National Crab Meat Day is an American food holiday that is observed every year on March 9. Crab lovers everywhere will spend the day celebrating this delicious crustacean, and if you're in the Osage Beach area, the best waterfront restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks can take care of those crab cravings.

Delicious AND Healthy

Around the world annually, approximately 1.5 million tons of crab is consumed. It is suggested that you eat seafood twice a week, and crab is an excellent choice to make. 

Crab meat is very healthy for you, and our Shorty Pants Lounge menu features a few different options to enjoy. It is low in fat and calories. Crab meat is a great source of protein, and it is rich in key vitamins and minerals that your body needs. It contains Omega-3s, which are wonderful for protecting your body from heart disease and aiding in brain development. Also, it is rich in selenium, which plays a key role in the function of our immune systems.

Here are some delicious dishes featuring crab straight out of our Shorty Pants Lounge kitchen. 

Crab Artichoke Spinach Dip

A mouthwatering mixture of crab, spinach, artichoke, and blended cheese, served warm with tri-color corn chips. An excellent start to any meal.

Crab Cakes

Two handmade shrimp and lump blue crab meat cakes rolled in seasoned breadcrumbs and topped with shrimp in our popular seafood cream sauce.

Crab Cake Pasta

We take two of our savory crab cakes from the starter menu and place them on a bed of angel hair pasta, covered in our delicious seafood cream sauce.

Filet Oscar

For those of you that like a little red meat alongside your seafood, our certified Angus tenderloin is topped with lump crab meat and that famous seafood cream sauce. 

Crab Cake Pasta

It's a great day for the taste of crab meat with a little Shorty Pants Lounge Cajun flair. Our 2016 season is off to an awesome start, and we're anticipating our most exciting season yet. Enjoy the best Cajun food at the Lake of the Ozarks alongside a breathtaking lake view, signature cocktails, and incredible live entertainment. Your lake experience is not complete until you've enjoyed some time at the best waterfront restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks. See you soon!

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Old Favorites & New Treats for Opening Day - March 4, 2016!

What are you doing this weekend? That's a trick question, because we already know. You're joining us for opening weekend at the best Cajun restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks! It's finally here! Friday, March 4 is opening day for Shorty Pants Lounge & Marina's 2016 season! 

Open for the 2016 season!

Doors open at 11 am this Friday, and from then on we will open at 11 am, 7 days a week. We are anxious for a season full of excitement, featuring lunch, dinner, drinks, and late nights of the best live entertainment at the Lake of the Ozarks. 

If you have ever considered joining our team and having the best summer job ever, we are still accepting applications. Download one from our website and bring it to the restaurant with you.  

Sunday Happy Hour

This year not only will we be slinging all of your favorite Shorty Pants cocktails daily, but on Sundays, they will be featured in our special Happy Hour. We'll be offering special deals on our most popular drinks, including Bloody Marys, Screwdrivers, Mimosas, and Margaritas! 

Old Favorites + New Menu Items

Our menu still features your favorite Cajun dishes, like our Creole Quesadilla, Smothered Catfish, and the Oyster Po Boy. Black Angus burgers and mouth-watering steak options are there too. 

This year we will be adding tacos to the menu, but with our own special spin: shrimp & grits, pork, chicken, and mahi. If you are only needing a quick bite to go along with a drink and the breathtaking lake view, we will be offering cheese & sausage appetizer plates to pair with our exquisite wine selections.   

Rental Houses

We will soon have more details available for you about the 2 rental houses at Shorty Pants Lounge & Marina. This summer you can stay right next door to the best waterfront bar at the Lake of the Ozarks. If you simply can't wait to find out more and want to get one reserved right away, send an email to shortypants.rentals@gmail.com.  

Are you ready? 

We definitely are! Our Lake of the Ozarks waterfront restaurant has been pretty lonely all winter long while we were closed for the season. Grab a few friends and head on over to Shorty Pants Lounge this weekend and help us fill her up and start this new season off with a bang! There will be plenty more incredible weekends, as well as weekdays, to come after this one too. See you Friday!

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Opening Day is March 4, 2016, & We Are Hiring NOW!

What are your plans for Summer 2016? We've got a great idea... 
work with us right here at Shorty Pants Lounge & Marina! If you like meeting lots of interesting people, spending time outdoors by the water, listening to incredible live music, and having a blast every day at work, then you need to get yourself on over to the best waterfront restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks right now!

Opening Day 2016!

Friday, March 4, 2016 Shorty Pants Lounge will open its doors, ready to welcome everyone back for another season of good ol' Cajun fun! Join us starting at 11 am that entire weekend, March 3-6. We will be closed on Monday, March 7, but beginning Tuesday, March 8 we will be open 7 days a week at 11 am.


Best of the Lake Finalist!

The final round for the annual Lake Lifestyles "Best of the Lake" survey is happening now through 5 pm on February 29, 2016. Shorty Pants Lounge & Marina has had the honor of receiving "Best Gas Dock" for six years in a row, and this year, with your votes, we can make it 7 years in a row! We have also made it to the 2016 finals for "Best Dining on the Water." Take the Best of the Lake survey soon before it closes and tell all of your friends to vote for your favorite gas dock and waterfront restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks. 

Be a member of the crew!

We won't lie. Working with us is fast-paced, but the awesome atmosphere, the fun people, and the amazing live entertainment that you will get to experience while on the job greatly outweighs the hard work. You can download an application to fill out and bring with you to the restaurant. We will be there accepting them from 10 am - 3 pm on:

• February 23 & 24
• February 29 - March 3 

There are lots of great positions to fill this year, both full-time and part-time.

• Bartenders
• Servers
• Food Runners
• Line Cooks
• Prep Cooks
• Dishwashers

New for 2016...


You can expect the same things you have always loved about our Lake of the Ozarks Cajun restaurant, as well as a few new and exciting additions. We will have the menu to share with you soon, plus our lineup of talented musicians. This year, you can even spend the night with us! Well, not literally in the restaurant, but in one of our 2 new rental houses. 

We are gearing up for an even better season this year than all of our previous amazing seasons, which our past customers will realize means you are in for a mind-blowing 2016 full of fun and excitement! If you are in a position to join our staff this year, you won't regret it. Working at the best waterfront restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks is an experience that you will remember fondly for the rest of your life. Shorty Pants Lounge can't wait to gather the best of the best to help us make this year everyone's most incredible summer ever!   

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Mardis Gras Comes Early This Year!

Shorty Pants Lounge prides ourselves on bringing a little bit of New Orleans to the Lake area, so it should come as no surprise that we have a great interest in that town.  We bring you the best Cajun food at the Lake of the Ozarks inspired by that incredible area. Besides delicious Creole cuisine, New Orleans is also famous for its fantastic Mardis Gras celebrations.

This year, the actual Mardis Gras falls early on February 9, 2016.  The Lake of the Ozarks Mardis Gras Pub Crawl marches to the beat of it's own drummer, so it will be taking place in late February, on the 20th.  We think that's pretty awesome because now everyone around here has two dates to celebrate!  

Why does the date keep changing?

Mardis Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday."  Fat Tuesday is the last day for eating richer, fattier foods before the ritual fasting for the season of Lent.  People use this night, and the week leading up to it, to party and have a good time before having to give something that they love up for a few weeks.  As far as the date moving around often, here is how that is decided.   

Fat Tuesday can fall on any Tuesday between February 3 and March 9, but it is always the day before Ash Wednesday.  Ash Wednesday is always 46 days before Easter, but Easter moves around.  It can fall on any Sunday between March 23 and April 25, depending on the full moon.  Easter will always be the first Sunday after the full moon following a spring equinox.  Whew!  Make it easy on yourself and just check a calendar every year!  Ash Wednesday will always be marked, and the last big party of Mardis Gras is the night before that.  Next year it will jump back to the end of the month and fall on February 28, 2017.  

St. Louis rivals New Orleans!

New Orleans is not the only big Mardis Gras party happening on February 9 this year. St. Louis boasts the second biggest Mardis Gras celebration in the United States.  The famous Soulard area throws all kinds of fun events the entire month before Fat Tuesday, both family-friendly and "leave the kids at home!"  Only a few hours drive from the Lake of the Ozarks, it's a trip a bit closer to home then New Orleans.

The Lake hosts the biggest pub crawl!

The Lake of the Ozarks Mardis Gras Pub Crawl is on Saturday, February 20 this year, so all of those St. Louis & New Orleans party-goers that don't mind bending the rules a bit and partying after Fat Tuesday can come here and join us!  The low price of $10 gets you a wristband and entrance into the 20+ participating venues.  Every spot will feature a live band or DJ, so plan to dance all night long.  

Your wristband will also give you access to the 32 buses running from 4:00 pm to 2:30 am, and they will make stops at not only the participating bars and restaurants, but also many participating hotels and motels along the pub crawl route.  Leave your car keys in the room and let the buses be your sober chauffeur for a safe night full of fun!

Happy Fat Tuesday!

It's a great year for Mardis Gras because you get double the chances to celebrate!  The best Cajun restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks won't be open for the season quite yet, but our favorite BBQ restaurant, Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, will be hosting the best stop on the pub crawl route.  The infamous Barefoot Entertainer, Dale Blue, will kick off the festivities at the Boot followed by DJ Vinyl Richie closing out the night.  


Shorty Pants Lounge hopes to see all of you at some point along the Lake of the Ozarks Mardis Gras Pub Crawl route.  If you make it to New Orleans or Soulard in the next week, we'd love to see some pics and hear all about it.  Have an awesome Mardis Gras, and stay safe.  We expect to see you this Spring at our Lake of the Ozarks waterfront restaurant, ready for a summer full of fun.    
      

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All We Want For Christmas Is...

During our time off, in between all of the holiday catering at the Lake of the Ozarks that we have been doing, we've had a little time to sit back and really think about what we would love to get this Christmas.  We're willing to bet that if you were a waterfront Cajun restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks, you'd have these things on your list too.  As a matter of fact, you may want these awesome gifts, even if you aren't us!

Mardis Gras Beads

Not only do they look great on our Cajun Christmas tree, but they'll come in handy this February when we visit Wobbly Boots Roadhouse for the Lake Area Mardis Gras Pub Crawl, February 20, 2016!

"The Best of Zydeco" cd

The most incredible music to listen to while eating jambalaya and cornbread.  A mix of southern Louisiana dance music featuring accordion and guitar. 

A trip to New Orleans

The best way to do a little culinary research, of course.  

Photos from Summer 2015

We had lots and lots of you guys visit us over the 2015 summer season, and we know that most of you were snapping pictures with your phones while you were here.  We would love for you to share those.  It was an awesome summer for us, but we'd love to see it through your eyes too.  Visit our Facebook page and share some of your photos with us.  

Wobbly Boots BBQ

We LOVE hanging out at this awesome Lake of the Ozarks BBQ joint as much as possible during the winter because we miss seeing them when we're busy all summer long.  New Year's Eve is going to be the best one ever this year because Funhouse will be rocking the Boot to ring in 2016!

...and a Crawfish in a creamy, thick bisque. 

Have you tried one.  Mmmmmmmm boy!!  If you've missed out up until now, you need to mark next spring 2016 on your calendar and get yourself on over to the best Cajun restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks.  We'll show you what it's all about.  

So what is on your Christmas list this year?  It's not only the time of year to excitedly accept presents from friends and loved ones, but also a time to think about what you would love to give.  Shorty Pants Lounge will be back in a few months thrilled to give all of our customers incredible service, delicious drinks, amazing live music, the Lake's favorite marine & C-store, and the best Cajun food at the Lake of the Ozarks.  Until then, we wish all of you a very merry Chrimstmas and a Happy New Year!  

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