“Love at first burger”
-Peter Dresslar
The earliest available record is an 1888 Historic Sanborn Fire Insurance Map where the subject property is developed with one small building structure near the western property boundary which remains at the property until at least 1972.
The eastern building (restaurant building) first appears in the 1916 Historic Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. City directory listings and other standard historical record sources identify previous property occupants as Wahl’s Clothes Cleaners in the small western structure from at least 1925 through 1931.
Previous occupants of the eastern building were identified as Wolverine Restaurant and Kroger Grocery and Baking Company (1928), Hill Billy Hamburger Shop and a residence (1943), White Spot Restaurant and a residence (1949 through 1963), Chez Crepe Restaurant (1972 through 1983), Oasis Corporation and Organization Applied Science (1977), W.R. Cadogan Tailor and a residence (1983), S. Main Restaurant, Debut Hair Studio (1987 through at least 2002), Robert’s Poco Café (1989), Prickly Pear Restaurant (at least 1991 through present), Mr. Leonard’s Beauty (1992 through 1997), Salon Vertigo (2002) and Second Heaven Salon (2007).
A classic snapshot of the Orpheum Theatre gracefully abutting the Hill Billy Hamburger Shop.
The White Spot Restaurant (1956)
Chef Ken Ludwig making crepes at Chez Crepe (1970)
A glimpse of today.
As is typical of historic buildings, what they are today is an evolution of what they once were. This is snapshot of the property as of February 2020 when it was last a restaurant.