7th Heaven ( Advent Children ) The 7th Heaven is a bar and restaurant owned and run by Tifa Lockhart in the " Compilation of Final Fantasy VII " ; serving as a home base for many of the games ' main characters , specifically " " onwards . The bar has had two locations . The original bar , located in Midgar slums ' Sector 7 , is destroyed along with the rest of the sector . It was rebuilt in the city of Edge after the fall of Meteor . Story . " On the Way to a Smile " . After visiting many places in an attempt to continue their lives after Meteorfall , Tifa Lockhart , Cloud Strife and Barret Wallace returned to Midgar where they spent their time helping those still living within the ruined city . After creating a fermented alcohol , which he had learned how to make from his time in Corel , Barret developed the idea of creating a business selling the liquor ; with the intention of helping the people of Midgar " unwind " from the stress presently facing the populace . Deciding to build a bar much like the one AVALANCHE had operated from before Meteorfall , the three , with the help of those they had helped previously , began transporting the necessary materials from Midgar to build the bar in the newly developing city called Edge . While Barret and Cloud oversaw and assisted in the building , Tifa learned how to make the alcohol and developed the bar ' s menu . When it came time to deciding a name for the bar , Cloud ' s suggestions were considered too boring while Barret ' s made them think of monsters . While Tifa couldn ' t think of a name , Marlene suggested the name of the old AVALANCHE bar , 7th Heaven ; as it reminded her of the fun times before Meteorfall and Sephiroth . The first day of 7th Heaven ' s opening was a great success . While Barret acted as the bar ' s pseudo bouncer , Cloud ' s job was to acquire provisions and wine for the bar ' s inventory despite his lack of experience with civilian life . A week later , Barret left to " settle his past " , leaving Marlene in Tifa ' s care . Several months later , Cloud , after acquiring a new motorbike to aide in his supply runs ( having previously having to resort to renting a bike or truck , or sometimes a chocobo ) , began developing the Strife Delivery Service to pay for his board and keep at the bar . Following their adoption of Denzel , who had contracted Geostigma and had been found by Cloud near the Sector 5 Church , business began to slow down and new customers seldom came due to fear of the boy ' s illness . Two years after Meteorfall , the city of Edge has developed into a bustling city . While Tifa continued running the bar , Cloud , while initially attempting to find a cure for Denzel , contracts Geostigma as well and , not wishing to tell Tifa , leaves to live his remaining life in the Sector 5 Church without explanation . Blaming himself for Cloud ' s absence , Denzel took to sitting outside the bar on the curb when he was not in bed . Some time afterward , the Turks attempt to contact Cloud through his delivery service , inadvertently contacting Tifa instead due to Cloud ' s absence . Following Tifa ' s encounter with Loz at the Sector 5 Church and Cloud ' s collapse next to her due to his infection , the Turks bring the pair back to the bar , revealing that they had been keeping a watch on the establishment and wondered where Marlene and Denzel had gone due to the absence of the two children . During the incident where the Remnants of Sephiroth unleashed Bahamut SIN in Meteor Square in their search of Jenova , Tifa retrieved Denzel while Cloud left Marlene at the bar ( having rescued her from the Remnants in the Forgotten Capital ) , Denzel then left for the bar also while Tifa and Cloud joined their friends in fighting Bahamut SIN . Denzel and Marlene remained within the bar as Cloud confronted Sephiroth , able to see the explosions from the battle in Midgar from their room in the bar ' s upper floor . " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " . After the events surrounding the emergence of Deepground , the former Tsviet Shelke also seems to have been taken in by Tifa and Cloud and resides at the bar after Deepground ' s defeat . Layout . Like in the previous bar , this 7th Heaven has a bar and customer eating area , but has more up - to - date furnishings than its predecessor and various framed pictures on the walls of various locations on the Planet . Behind the bar , Tifa has various crockery and food on display . Initially Cloud ' s living quarters , located across from Marlene and Denzel ' s room on the second floor , where he keeps souvenirs of his travels ( including photos on the wall ) and spare equipment ( like spare tires for the Fenrir ) . The room is left barren after he leaves to live alone in Aerith ' s church . The business number for Cloud ' s delivery business links to a phone located in his room . Located on the second floor across from Cloud ’ s room , Marlene and Denzel ' s room is filled with portraits and pictures of various locations and people , some of which were drawn by Marlene and Denzel themselves . The room ' s windows look out over the bar ' s entrance to an angel statue across the street . Etymology . The number 7 in Biblical references symbolically represents perfect completion . The number also has a significance in Quranic numerology . The number seven occurs numerous times in " Final Fantasy VII " as an allusion ; e . g . AVALANCHE is based on Sector 7 , Shinra Headquarters has 70 floors , there is a status called All Lucky 7s ; the bar 7th Heaven follows with the other allusions to the number .