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MIDA, located on Lewis Street in Boston's East End, is an Italian neighborhood restaurant helmed by chef and owner Douglass Williams, who was named one of Food & Wine's top 10 best new chefs in America in 2020. Williams brings fifteen years of culinary experience from cities including Paris, Bangkok, New York, and Boston to his kitchen here. The restaurant describes itself as inspired Italian cooking prepared with generosity and care—each meal framed as a gift to the diner. The name itself, meaning "he gives me" in Italian, signals the philosophy behind the cooking. Williams is known for approachability; the website notes that hugs and handshakes are welcome.