Reuben E. Lee - Newport Beach, CA - Vintage Restaurant - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt oc flanked by horizontal decorative lines

flanked by horizontal decorative lines

Charles De Mar's eggnog recipe lists lighter fluid as the key ingredient

It closed and was torn down in 1984 to make way for a parking garage

A large brown bowling ball sits behind a mid-century Googie-style building illustration in brown and coral-orange

Raul's qualifications for hosting an animal show begin and end with owning animals and a building tall enough to launch them from

Reuben E. Lee - Newport Beach, CA - Vintage Restaurant - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt oc flanked by horizontal decorative linesReuben E. Lee was a landlocked riverboat restaurant anchored in Newport Beach harbor, serving steaks and seafood from the 1970s through the early 2000s. Built to resemble a Mississippi paddlewheeler, it became a landmark along East Coast Highway. Generations of Orange County families celebrated milestones aboard a ship that never left the dock. Part of our Vintage Restaurant collection, celebrating the classic American menus of yesteryear. The