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Dinner
Open Daily 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Happy Hour
Monday - Friday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(Exclusive to our Bar)
Parking
There is ample paid parking available. Street parking is available on all blocks nearby. Here are a few parking garages/lots in close proximity.
411-417 SW 12th Ave, Portland, OR 97205
Mediterranean Exploration Company (MEC) is Sesame Collective’s flagship restaurant in Portland, Oregon. MEC serves up cuisine from the Mediterranean and beyond while drawing inspiration from extensive research and global travels. Located in the heart of Portland’s industrial Pearl District, MEC is a vibrant, energetic restaurant with an open hearth kitchen, and a playfully creative beverage program.
Wine List
MEC
Glass Pours
J.L. Denois Cuvee Classique
Limoux, Languedoc, FR NV
Glass
$15
Bottle
$56
Domaine Ott 'By Ott'
Cotes de Provence, FR '24
Glass
$16
Bottle
$64
Oenogenesis 'Mataroa Nautical'
Pangeon, Macedonia, GR '22
Glass
$15
Bottle
$60
Artomana ‘Xarmant’
Txakoli de Alava, Basque Country, SP ‘23
Glass
$14
Bottle
$56
Agricola Cirelli
Trebbiano, Pecorino, Abruzzo, IT '22
Glass
$13
Bottle
$52
Cutter Cascadia '#1 Grandpa'
Columbia Valley, OR '22
Glass
$16
Bottle
$64
Kontozisis 'By Soft Nails'
Limniona, Karditsa, Thessaly, GR '22
Glass
$15
Bottle
$60
Patricia Green Cellars ‘Reserve ’
Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, OR ‘23
Glass
$17
Bottle
$68
Le Marie
Barbera, Pinerolese, Piedmont, IT '22
Glass
$16
Bottle
$64
Chemins De Bassac 'Le Champs des Maures'
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cotes du Thongue, FR '23
Glass
$15
Bottle
$60
Sparkling Blanc
Rodica
Col Fondo, Vipava Valley, SI ‘20
$62
Domaine de la Taille aux Loups ‘Brut Tradition’
Montlouis-sur-Loire, FR NV
$83
Bodegas Los Bermejos
Brut Nature, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, SP ‘19
$115
Bott Geyl
Extra Brut, Cremant d'Alsace, FR NV
$74
Hure-Freres 'Invitation'
Brut, Ludes, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, FR NV
$140
Pertois-Lebrun ‘Le Fond du Bateau’
Blanc de Blancs, Extra Brut, Grand Cru, Chouilly, Champagne, FR ‘14
$255
Georges Remy ‘Les Quatre Terroirs’
Brut Nature, Premier Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, FR NV
$180
Sparkling Rosé
Domaine Gruhier
Extra Brut, Cremant de Bourgogne, Epineul, FR ‘19
$65
Bodegas Los Bermejos
Brut Nature, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, SP ‘19
$120
Pierre Paillard ‘Les Terres Roses’
Extra Brut, Grand Cru, Bouzy, Champagne, FR NV
$175
Domaine Serol ‘Turbullent’
Cote Roannaise, FR ‘21
$59
Platrinieri ‘Solco’
Lambrusco Salamino, Emilia Romagna, IT NV
$37
White
Domaine Castera ‘Tauzy’
Jurancon Sec, FR ‘21
$80
Domaine Olivier Pithon ‘Lais’
Cotes Catalanes, FR ‘22
$65
Domaine Paul Prieur & Fils ‘Monts Damnes’
Sauvignon Blanc, Chavignol, Sancerre, FR ‘21
$110
Domaine Aux Moines
Chenin Blanc, Savennieres-Roche aux Moines, FR ‘21
$135
Stephane Aladame ‘Selection Vieilles Vignes’
Chardonnay, Montagny 1er Cru, Burgundy, FR ‘21
$85
Jerome Galeyrand 'Les Clous'
Aligota, Bouzeron, Burgundy, FR '22
$155
Agathe Bursin ‘Parad ‘Aux’
Alsace, FR ‘21
$65
Fumey Chatelain 'Deuxieme Mise'
Savagnin, Arbois, Jura FR '18
$124
Ermes Pavese, Prie Blanc
Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle, Valle d’Aosta, IT ‘23
$85
Cantine Lonardo ‘Grecomusc’
Taurasi, Campania, IT ‘17
$78
i Clivi ‘Ottantanni’
Malvasia, Friuli-Venezia Guilia, IT ‘22
$67
Colli di Catone ‘Colle Gaio'
Malvasia, Lazio, IT ‘14
$110
Albamar, Albarino
Rias Baixas, Galicia, SP '23
$67
Jose Antonio Garcia ‘Unculin
Valtuille de Abajo, Bierzo, SP ’20
$58
4 Monos ‘GR-10’
Sierra de Gredos, SP ‘21
$66
R. Lopez de Heredia ‘Vina Tondonia’
Rioja Reserva, SP ‘11
$170
Bodrog Bormuhely ‘Dry Tokaj’
Tokaj, HU ‘22
$55
Weingut Edgar Brutler ‘Drum Bun’
Feteasca Regala, Crisana, Transylvania, RO ‘21
$79
Domaine Apostolidi 'Agia Triada'
Assyrtiko, Kavala, Macedonia, GR '22
$72
Bikicki ‘Sfera’
Mtn. Fruska Gora, Sremski, RS ‘20
$59
Bott Frigyes, Olaszrizling
Juznoslovenska, SK ‘20
$84
Surrau ‘Limizanni’
Vermentino, Gallura, Sardegna, IT ‘23
$52
Cantine Antonio Mazzella 'Vigne del Lume'
Biancolella, Ischia, IT '23
$120
Benanti ‘Contrada Rinazzo’
Carricante, Etna Bianco Superiore, Sicily, IT ‘21
$137
Swick Wines
Aligote, Moeller Vineyard, Willamette Valley, OR '23
$57
Buona Notte ‘Puntarelle’
Gruner Veltliner, Columbia Gorge, WA ‘22
$75
Arnot-Roberts ‘Vare Vineyard’
Ribolla Gialla, Napa Valley, CA ‘21
$105
Matthiasson ‘Linda Vista Vineyard’
Chardonnay, Napa Valley, CA ‘22
$94
Arterberry Maresh ‘Maresh Vineyard’
Chardonnay, Dundee Hills, OR ‘21
$177
Rose
Altxor
Getariako Txakoli, SP '23
$58
Chateau Peyrassol ‘Les Commandeurs’
Provence, FR ‘23
$65
Las Jaras ‘Superbloom’
Sierra Foothills, CA ‘22
$64
Clos Cibonne ‘Cuvee Speciale des Vignettes'
Tibouren, Cotes de Provence, FR ‘20
$103
Cutter Cascadia ‘Strawberry Mullet XL’
Zinfandel, Columbia Valley, OR ‘22
$67
Azienda Vinicola Calabretta
Nerello Mascalese, Sicily, IT ‘22
$55
Skin Contact
Vigneti Massa ‘Derthona’
Timorasso, Colli Tortonesi, Piedmont, IT ‘20
$95
Garalis ‘Terra Roza’
Lemnos, GR ‘21
$59
Kobal 'Sipon Roots'
Furmint, Haloze Hills, SI '22
$55
Federico Orsi 'Posca Bianco'
Emilia-Romagna, IT NV
$64
Fitapreta ‘A Laranja Mecanica’
Alentejo, PT ‘20
$75
Cutter Cascadia ‘Heavy Water’
Riesling, Columbia Valley, OR ‘22
$78
Skerk, Vitovska
Carso, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, IT ‘20
$105
Kasnyik Family Cellars ‘Orange Rizling’
Juznoslovenska, SK ‘20
$85
Vignoble du Reveur 'Un Instant sur Terre'
Alsace, FR '22
$130
Radikon ‘Oslavje’
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, IT ‘18 (1 Liter!)
$210
Red
Georges Lignier 'Passetoutgrain'
Morey-Saint-Denis, Burgundy, FR '22
$63
Jerome Galeyrand 'Vieilles Vignes'
Pinot Noir, Cote de Nuits Villages, Burgundy, FR '21
$210
Clos Cibonne ‘Cuvee Speciale Rouge’
Cotes de Provence, FR ‘23
$113
Rocs des Anges ‘Segna de Cor’
Cotes Catalanes, Roussillon, FR ‘21
$64
Vincent Paris ‘Selection’
Syrah, Crozes-Hermitage, FR ‘22
$75
Domaine Bordatto ‘Lurumea'
Tannat, Irouleguy, FR ‘21
$79
Chateau d'Arcole
Saint-Emilion-Grand Cru, Bordeaux, FR '20
$125
Foradori
Teroldego, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Trentino, IT ‘21
$70
Renzo Castella 'Madonnina'
Nebbiolo, Langhe, IT ‘21
$60
Castello di Volpaia
Sangiovese, Chianti Classico Riserva, IT ‘20
$99
T. Ezio, ‘Vigna del Noce’
Barbera d’Asti, IT ‘07
$175
Giacomo Fenocchio
Nebbiolo, Barolo, IT '19
$150
Luigi Tecce ‘Puro Sangue’
Aglianico, Taurasi, Campania, IT ‘15
$187
Luis Pato 'Rebel'
Bairrada, PT '21
$50
Curii ‘Una Noche y un Dia’
Garnacha, Alicante, SP ‘21
$56
R. Lopez de Heredia ‘Vina Bosconia'
Rioja Reserva, SP ‘11
$115
Bodegas Vatan, Tinto de Toro
Toro, SP ‘19
$95
Manuel Jose Colares
Ramisco, Colares, PT ‘97
$93
Cardedu ‘Caladu’
Canonau, Jerzu, Sardegna, IT ‘20
$50
Envinate ‘Migan'
Listan Negro, Valle de la Orotava, Canary Islands, SP ‘21
$130
Lamoresca
Sicily, IT '22
$92
Feudo Montoni ‘Vrucara’
Nero d’Avola, Sicily, IT ‘18
$147
Domaine Apostolidi
Karapapas, Kavala, Macedonia, GR '22
$69
Heimann & Fiai
Kadarka, Szekszard, HU '23
$64
Chateau Musar ‘Levantine de Musar’
Bekaa Valley, LE ‘21
$75
Diamantis Winery ‘Parcel Selection’
Xinomavro, Siatista, Macedonia, GR ‘17
$220
Chateau Musar
Bekaa Valley, LE ‘17
$175
Walter Scott 'La Combe Verte'
Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, OR '23
$80
Division Winemaking Co. 'Cru'
Gamay Noir, Eola-Amity Hiils, OR '22
$80
Haarmeyer Cellars 'Blau Blau'
Balufrankisch, Lodi, CA '23
$75
Crowley ‘La Colina’
Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills, OR ‘21
$120
Cutter Cascadia ‘Come On Come On’
Zinfandel, Columbia Valley, OR ‘22
$75
Martin Woods, Cabernet Franc
Walla Walla Valley, WA ‘21
$107
PAX 'Sonoma Hillsides'
Syrah, Sonoma County, CA '22
$147
Arnot-Roberts ‘California Red Wine’
Cab Sauvignon, Cab Franc, Merlot, CA ‘22
$150
Wine Corkage
Sesame Collective has a $30 corkage fee per bottle. We have a two each 750 ml bottle maximum policy and kindly ask that you refrain from bringing wine that is featured on our menu. For every bottle that is purchased from our menu, we waive one each corkage fee.
per 750ml bottle
$30
Food was delicious and service excellent. We sat outside and it was a lovely evening and a good time. Cocktails were extra-ordinary.
Judith H.
Amazing! We got the potatoes, lamb hummus, their pita is to die for and then the octopus was delish! Worth every penny! And the arak & a hard place is my fav drink.
Marissa W.
Nice selection of unique cocktails and dishes. It’s was a little loud but only because it was crowded and people were enjoying themselves. This is our second time and we will be back again.
Barb A.
Loved it! The host was incredibly friendly, hospitable, and accommodating. Food was delicious. Great date night experience.
Brandon
Stephanie Arnet
Chef De Cuisine
Taylor Troy
Sous Chef
Erica Namare
Service Manager
Larissa Brockmeyer
Ast. Service Manager
Photo Coming Soon!
Alex Vining
Bar LEad
Meet Our Team
Sesame Collective
RESTAURANT GROUP
333 NW 13th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
Tel. (503)-222-0906
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