After the ending of prohibition, the sale of beverage alcohol products remained heavily controlled by government liquor boards and publicly owned stores in each of the provinces. Public drinking returned to jurisdictions often several years after the end of prohibition. The controls led to the growth of "beer parlours" also known as "taverns" which had no bar, did not serve meals and people sat and drank at cafe tables, where the beer was delivered by the glass, patrons could not move between tables, could not stand up with a drink and had other restrictions. Many beer parlours were segregated by sex, and had a men's only room, and a room for "ladies and escorts." The beer parlours, where often the only thing you could do was to drink and was often the only place to drink in town is considered a factor in making beer a national drink of Canada.