Reuben E. Lee - Newport Beach, CA - Vintage Restaurant - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt oc It closed and was torn

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

Distressed white text reads "BOISE" and "IDAHO" flanking the mascot

Reuben E. Lee - Newport Beach, CA - Vintage Restaurant - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt oc It closed and was tornReuben 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