Mediterranean Exploration Company, or MEC, is a Mediterranean restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, in the United States.
The restaurant Mediterranean Exploration Company (or MEC) operates in northwest Portland's Pearl District. Food options include bacon-wrapped dates, falafel, mujaddara, and hummus with pita. The drink menu includes beer, cocktails, and wine, as well as tea and Turkish coffee.
The restaurant opened in August 2014, in the space that previously housed Riffle NW.
Kara Stokes and Maya MacEvoy included MEC in Eater Portland 2022 overview of recommended restaurants in the Pearl District. The website included the business in a similar list in 2025.
MEC was a runner-up in the Best Mediterranean Restaurant category of Willamette Week annual Best of Portland readers' poll in 2015. It ranked third in the same category in 2016 and 2017.