Close 9 PM weekdays · Midnight weekends · Walk-ins welcome
The original Casablanca on the Bagnell Dam Strip
A Lake Ozark original
The Lake's oldest bar has collected a few stories.
Casablanca is the oldest bar at the Lake, and its building was here before Bagnell Dam was finished. It opened as Lake Ozark's first post office in 1929, with walls made partly from trees cleared for the new lake and floated toward the dam. And downstairs? During Prohibition, the mail went out upstairs while the drinks quietly went down below. The former speakeasy later became an apartment.
Through the decades, the old building changed hands, picked up a few colorful chapters, and kept finding its way back to the Casablanca tradition. It has been welcoming Lake visitors for generations—long enough to earn its place as a true Strip original.
Then came New Year's Eve 2011. Mark and Ryan Brick were at the bar with owner Eddie Jordan when Mark casually asked, “When are you going to sell this place?” Eddie answered, “What about today?” One handshake later, the deal was underway. They closed on January 12, 2012, and Eddie stayed on to help the brothers keep the Casa tradition rolling.
1929Lake Ozark's first post officeProhibitionSpeakeasy downstairs2012The Brick brothers take ownership