Johann Wilhelm Hollstein opened a saloon at this location about 1868 and offered lodging rooms on the upper floor. Around 1890, the original building was moved west and turned south to face the railroad tracks, and a new saloon building was constructed facing Batchelor Grove Road, now Oak Park Avenue. The old structure became the family residence and can still be seen today. The tavern closed shortly after J.W. Hollstein's death in 1918. Over the years, the building also housed Atlantic and Pacific and Royal Blue grocery stores, Tinley Park Bakery, barber shops, millinery shops, a radio shop, and florists. Bert and Betty Cummings purchased the building in 1962 and opened a hair salon and snack shop there. In 1963, the snack shop was converted into a country and western bar called the Pinto Lounge, which Bert Cummings said was where country music got its start in Tinley Park. The lounge remained in operation until 2000, after which the exterior was renovated to resemble the building's earlier appearance and a new restaurant and bar called J.W. Hollstein's was opened in homage to its earliest proprietor.