7th Heaven 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 in " Final Fantasy VII " . The bar has had two locations . The original , located in Midgar slums ' Sector 7 , is destroyed along with the rest of the sector . A new bar was later built in the city of Edge after the fall of Meteor . Story . Located in the slums of Sector 7 in Midgar , the original 7th Heaven bar was built by an unnamed carpenter during the events of " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " , and named " 7th Heaven " by Zack Fair during a conversation . Intended to house an anti - Shinra base from the start ; in " Final Fantasy VII " it serves as the base of operations for the AVALANCHE terrorist organization . By using a secret elevator disguised as a pinball machine , AVALANCHE members can reach the secret headquarters below the bar ' s main floor . To most of the organization ' s members , the bar is also their only known home . The familial ties in the business are at such an extent that , when Tifa once joins Cloud Strife and Barret Wallace on an AVALANCHE mission , the bar is left in the trusted care of Marlene Wallace , Barret ' s four - year - old adoptive daughter . The bar is destroyed when President Shinra orders the destruction of the Sector 7 pillar , dropping the plate upon the slums and crushing the entire area . Marlene was not in the bar at the time , having been saved by Aeris Gainsborough , another citizen of the slums , before the plate fell . The bar and restaurant area is where customers are served and eat . Located in the slums the bar is designed primarily with wooden tables and benches . A jukebox and pinball machine occupy one corner , while a large television screen is located on the wall behind the bar . Accessed via a secret elevator near the pinball machine , this basement serves as headquarters for Barret Wallace ' s AVALANCHE faction . The headquarters houses mapping and communication facilities as well as a computer hub , television screen and training equipment . Quests . Date mechanics . The game has a hidden affection value that determines whom Cloud will go on a date with in Gold Saucer later . The value is determined by the dialogue and party member choices made prior to the date . If Cloud has a flower ( bought from Aeris in Sector 8 after the bombing mission ) : If Cloud talks to Tifa while she ' s behind the bar : When Tifa accuses Cloud of leaving her , his childhood friend : Tifa asks Cloud how he slept the next morning : Creation and development . It appears the early designs for 7th Heaven were later used for a generic pub in Junon . The " Making Of " bonus disc included with " Final Fantasy VII International " includes a pre - release shot of the Junon pub where Cloud is using lines he says in the 7th Heaven in the final game . The Junon pub also appeared in a " GameFan " article written nine months before the release of " Final Fantasy VII " , which suggests it was originally planned to be a more important location than it ended up being in the final game . Comparing the layout of the Junon pub to the Beginner ' s Hall in Junon suggests that the underground level of the Beginner ' s Hall may have been the original AVALANCHE hideout , situated below the 7th Heaven bar . Pre - release shots of the area also reveal what changes were made to the 7th Heaven bar during development . The pinball machine was part of the background in the early version of the area , but was likely turned into a 3D object for simplicity ' s sake . Different graphics for the TV screens in 7th Heaven also have been spotted in pre - release images ; while in the final game the TV reader looks like a cartoon character , in the early versions the newsreader appears as a real photo of a person . The TV behind the bar is never used in the final game , but dummied dialogue files suggest that a conversation between Tifa and Cloud while watching the news was once planned for the game . Musical themes . Before setting out to destroy the Sector 5 Reactor , the background music to the 7th Heaven is " Tifa ' s Theme " . After Cloud decides to take up one more job and destroy the Sector 5 Reactor , " Barret ' s Theme " replaces Tifa ' s as the 7th Heaven ' s theme . 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 .