Mama Delia

Restaurant in Wicker Park, Chicago.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Men, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back. - The New York Times	Rachel Drucker	setting	The author and Troy have dinner on the sidewalk patio, which holds five tables, one of them a group of eight women.

Men, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back. - The New York Times — Rachel Drucker (2025)

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Troy and I were having dinner at Mama Delia, one of the quieter spots. The sidewalk patio held five tables: three two-tops, including ours, and a pair pulled together for a group of eight women.

• Role: setting
• In the article: The author and Troy have dinner on the sidewalk patio, which holds five tables, one of them a group of eight women. Troy is the only man at those tables.
• Why it matters: The exact table where her observation of absent men begins.