{"id":38069,"date":"2012-06-21T16:39:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T23:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=38069"},"modified":"2012-06-21T19:59:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T02:59:40","slug":"from-new-orleans-to-san-clemente-iva-lees-restaurant-catering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/from-new-orleans-to-san-clemente-iva-lees-restaurant-catering\/","title":{"rendered":"From New Orleans To San Clemente: Iva Lee&#8217;s Restaurant &#038; Catering."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-045.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38075\" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"Iva Lee Restaurant 045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-045-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-045-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-045-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivalees.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iva Lee&#8217;s Restaurant<\/a> is a Southern Dinner House in San Clemente (and more).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-034.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38072\" title=\"Iva Lee Restaurant 034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-034-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-034-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-034-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s charming, welcoming and hometown, and an all around nice place to hang out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38071\" title=\"Iva Lee Restaurant 011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-011-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-011-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-011-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s co-owned by a husband and wife team, whose grandmother was <a title=\"About\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ivalees.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iva Lee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-039.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38073\" title=\"Iva Lee Restaurant 039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-039-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-039-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-039-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of the\u00a0food pictured here is from their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ivaleescatering.com\/hor-doeuvres-extras\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catering Menu<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; All was served during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/2012\/06\/15\/iva-lees-restaurant-a-southern-dinner-house-near-a-western-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iva Lee&#8217;s Restaurant&#8217;s\u00a0Ten Year Anniversary<\/a>\u00a0celebration.\u00a0\u00a0Fried Green Tomatoes with Sonoma Goat Cheese Cr\u00e8me (below) are\u00a0popular.\u00a0 All\u00a0Hors D&#8217; Oeuvres were stirringly first-rate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-054.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38074\" title=\"Iva Lee Restaurant 054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-054-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-054-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-054-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The restaurant&#8217;s interior is sexy and quaint.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-023.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38076\" title=\"Iva Lee Restaurant 023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-023-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-023-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-023-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Live Blues and Jazz\u00a0play in a\u00a0modest and stylish, relaxed Bar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-049.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38079\" title=\"Iva Lee Restaurant 049\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-049-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-049-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-049-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivalees.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iva Lee&#8217;s website<\/a> for food, entertainment and catering specifics &#8212; We just enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-041.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38080\" title=\"Iva Lee Restaurant 041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-041-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-041-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-041-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivalees.com\/cocktails\/\" target=\"_blank\">Signature Cocktails<\/a> on the patio on a Sunday afternoon in the\u00a0Summer time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-051.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38081\" title=\"Iva Lee Restaurant 051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-051-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-051-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Iva-Lee-Restaurant-051-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cheers to one of the best days ever &#8212; Behind the scenes,\u00a0complimented with Iva Lee\u00a0fare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iva Lee&#8217;s Restaurant is a Southern Dinner House in San Clemente (and more). 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Most of the\u00a0food pictured here is from their\u00a0Catering Menu\u00a0&#8212; All was served during Iva Lee&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1024,1,4573,1215,90],"tags":[4853,4852,4860,4851,4858,2111,2104,1428,102,791,4854,4859],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From New Orleans To San Clemente: Iva Lee&#039;s Restaurant &amp; Catering. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/from-new-orleans-to-san-clemente-iva-lees-restaurant-catering\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"FoodBlog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/from-new-orleans-to-san-clemente-iva-lees-restaurant-catering\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/from-new-orleans-to-san-clemente-iva-lees-restaurant-catering\/\",\"name\":\"From New Orleans To San Clemente: Iva Lee's Restaurant & Catering. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-21T23:39:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-06-22T02:59:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#\/schema\/person\/d13703add5ff9ca85c0ddc52a749afd2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/from-new-orleans-to-san-clemente-iva-lees-restaurant-catering\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/from-new-orleans-to-san-clemente-iva-lees-restaurant-catering\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/from-new-orleans-to-san-clemente-iva-lees-restaurant-catering\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"From New Orleans To San Clemente: Iva Lee&#8217;s Restaurant &#038; 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