Boston Restaurant Bintimani Faces Eviction During the Pandemic | Eater Boston

"Tucked away inside a shopping center at 1127 Harrison Ave. in Nubian Square, I found a small Sierra Leonean restaurant operated by Sahr and Baindu Josiah-Faeduwor since 2009 that has become a pillar of Boston’s West African dining scene. They cook the food they grew up with and built a loyal clientele despite a kitchen no bigger than a home kitchen and a dining room that fits only eight customers. Signature dishes I noted include spicy okra sauce, whole fried tilapia, crain crain (a dark green stew made from mallow leaves), and foo foo (a sticky cassava dough ball for dipping). The loss of the building’s anchor tenant after the property was bought by the Boston Real Estate Collaborative in January 2019 reportedly depressed foot traffic and revenue, and the owners—who say they have continued paying some rent but not the full amount, a situation worsened by the pandemic—received a Notice to Quit alleging $9,423.47 owed since March 2019 and face potential eviction despite the statewide moratorium." - Terrence Doyle