Boston area's best Moldovan restaurant closing

No, that’s not what I meant.

Moldova is a former Soviet republic that lies between Ukraine & Romania, with a population a bit over 2.4 million.

As of the 2000 census, there were apparently about 7,900 Moldovan Americans, while a 2021 estimate puts the number around 55,000, mostly in Sacramento, Brooklyn, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles.

All of which is to say that Moldova is a small country, with a fairly small emigre population in the US, most of whom don’t seem to be in the Boston area, and there might not be enough locals to sustain a Moldovan ethnic restaurant scene.

So I’m therefore wondering / joking that it’s possible that Moldova Restaurant in Nonantum was the [i]only[/i] Moldovan restaurant in the Boston area, which would in turn mean that it’s both the best [i]and[/i] the worst Moldovan restaurant in the Boston area.

That said, I’d never heard of the place before this post, and have never been there, and as a matter of fact, I first learned about what Moldovan cuisine is while I was in the middle of typing this sentence: [i]meats, potatoes, cabbage, and a variety of cereal grains […] very similar to Romanian, and also draws inspiration and elements from other cuisines in the region, including Greek, Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian, with a great influence left by the Ottoman cuisine.[/i].

Good to know!