 German saloons were more brightly illuminated, more likely to serve restaurant food and beer at tables, and more oriented toward family patronage.Germans were often at odds with Temperance forces over Sunday operation and over the operation of beer gardens in outlying neighborhoods.Other ethnic groups added their own features and their unique cuisines on the sideboard, while a few groups, including Scandinavians, Jews, Greeks, and Italians, either preferred intimate social clubs or did little drinking in public.