Then it was the Johnson-Williams Company for poultry supplies before in 1927 Arthur Johnson and James Williams opened a restaurant.
In 1933 John Smith operated a drug store and there was also a post office in the same location.
In the late 1930s, John Smith later took over the restaurant and in 1942 his son, Bob M. Smith, took ownership and named it The Wedge, later Poor Bob’s Wedge Café and Restaurant (or just Poor Bob’s).
The place was known for its onion and limburger on rye, pickled eggs, and for shaking when the trains passed by.
Around 1974 it became the Recovery Room night club, then Bob City in 1982, and the Sidetracks/Sidetrax Tavern in the late 1990s.
Today, the building is a different color but still houses the Sidetrax Tavern and is as skinny as ever.