La Mediterranee has served Lebanese meze and Armenian family recipes at 2210 Fillmore St since May 11, 1979, making it one of the longest-running restaurants on the street. Homemade Mediterranean specialties, a cozy room and a loyal following have made it a neighborhood classic for more than four decades. It is also on the city’s Legacy Business Registry.
From Lebanon to Chico to Fillmore
Founder Levon Der Bedrossian moved from Lebanon to California in 1967 to attend Chico State, where he began experimenting with Armenian family recipes for his fellow students. When he opened La Mediterranee on Fillmore Street in 1979, the food was new to San Francisco. The restaurant has often been voted among the Bay Area’s best Mediterranean, and for its 40th anniversary Der Bedrossian donated all of the day’s proceeds to survivors of the Camp Fire in Paradise, the town he once called home.
Family run
Der Bedrossian is still involved, and his son Vanick and longtime managing partners Alicia Vanden Huevel and Trevor Lederberger run the business. La Mediterranee offers catering, delivery and pickup, with casually elegant finger foods that are a neighborhood favorite for parties, meetings and gatherings.
