Kashmir Restaurant



As the name implies, the Kashmir Restaurant was a high class establishment where only the rich and famous could go to enjoy a little relaxation and fine dining. It also served as a location for new arrivals to the city to showcase Rapture's extraordinary atmosphere. It had a diverse menu, music, and notoriously known for its fantastic New Year's parties. The restaurant was one of the target locations on the riot led by Atlas to take control of Rapture on New Year's Eve of 1959.

In BioShock
As it is later shown when Jack arrives to Rapture, the Kashmir Restaurant was torn apart by Atlas's riots and many people were either brutally murdered or injured. One victim of the incident was Andrew Ryan's former lover, Diane McClintock. Her face was badly disfigured, and afterwards led to events that made her join Atlas's cause in the civil war. Jack also sees a "ghost" which begins to suffer from the drawbacks caused by "splicing". Despite the restaurant playing a brief moment in gameplay, the visit truly summerizes how Rapture transformed itself into a dystopian community in the aftermath of one large attack planned by Atlas.