IN THE KITCHEN Artur Andronic came to the Boston area six years ago from the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, to complete an MBA program. He wanted to start a restaurant and considered an Italian ...

Moldova, nestled between Romania and Ukraine, is a fairly young country. It was formed in 1991 when the USSR dissolved and was formerly a part of Romania.

Owned by Artur Andronic, the idea for Moldovan Restaurant was born in 2015, after Andronic completed his MBA at Suffolk University. After returning to Moldova to spend a year deeply researching the ...

Moldovan folk songs sung in Romanian and Ukrainian provide pleasant background music for the restaurant’s customers. The menu is true to the restaurant’s name, only offering authentic Moldovan dishes.

The beautifully decorated cafe, located inside the Co-Op Plaza in downtown Fairbanks, offers the only Moldovan menu in Alaska. Owner Alla Gutsul opened Soba in December 2018.

But though commercial production is fairly big (Moldova is the 20th largest wine-producing country in the world), it’s the home-grown plonk that’s most prevalent: many families have their own ...

Elena Martinez, left, and her friend, Anastasia Grigorisina, both from Moldova, hold up a braided bread called Colaci, on July 23 during the Ukrainian Festival at Dickinson State University.