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- “The bastard snuck in while the Vox was shootin' up the place and took my girl! Got her locked up in the Salty Oyster…”
- ― Ronald Frank[src]
The Salty Oyster, or the Salty Oyster Bar, is a bistro located in Grand Central Depot of Emporia. It was one of the places for the wealthy upper class of Columbia to get a drink and relax after a long day of work or shopping.
BioShock Infinite[]
- Main article: BioShock Infinite
When Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth first arrive the doors are locked and needs three lockpicks to open. Once inside, they find a few Founder Soldiers hiding inside from the chaos taking over the district.
Bar[]
The bar is directly on the left of the entrance with several bar stools and the cash register. Behind the counter is two tables and a shelf, containing a large supply of alcohol among which one will find a bottle of Salt and a gramophone. The kitchen door is locked.
Dining Floor[]
The dining area is on the right of the entrance on a lower level. There's a total of four tables and all of them contains some food/alcohol and/or Silver Eagles. Two tables have some supplies under them, and one of them has a Gear. In one of the corners are some trunks and a lockpick and in the other a Minuteman's Armory vending machine.
Bathrooms[]
Some stairs from the dining floor leads to the bathrooms. A Kinetoscope is set up in the hall, between the doors to the separate bathrooms, about Robert Lutece arriving in Columbia. The men's bathroom is in a bad condition, with a leaky sink and garbage on the floor. The women's bathroom is in much better condition and someone has stocked some supplies in the corner, containing; A RPG and its ammo, a Pistol, some Silver Eagles and even a Silver Bar.
Kitchen[]
After visiting Founders Books, they learn that the owner of the bistro "kidnapped" a girl called Sally from Ronald Frank, locked her up in the Oyster's kitchen and that the door will unlock by pressing a button found under the register. Booker and Elizabeth, intending to rescue the woman, follow the instructions and enter the kitchen only to find that the "girl" is just a piece of erotica. Elizabeth will comment on how they risked their lives for a piece of paper, while Booker jokingly mentions how he might know the girl in the poster, to which Elizabeth gives a sarcastic "of course" reply.
But their journey was not pointless: The Kitchen is filled with goods for the player: A Lockpicking Kit, an Infusion, a Voxophone and a new Vigor with the name Return to Sender.
New Discoveries[]
Gear[]
- 1 random Gear
New Vigor[]
Voxophone[]
- Rosalind Lutece - One and the Same - In the locked kitchen.
Kinetoscope[]
Gallery[]
Behind the Scenes[]
- The secret button underneath the cash register will only appear after the player has picked up Ronald Frank's Voxophone "Sally!" in Founders Books.
- The song heard on the gramophone is "Makin' Whoopee" by Rudy Vallée.[1]
- "Sally" is based off an advertising programme for the Alhambra Theatre.
- Inside the Ladies' Room there is a toilet that contains two edible potatoes. This was placed in there by developer Shawn Elliott as sort of a meta commentary about things like food being found in absurd places in video games.[2]
References[]
- ↑ Makin' Whoopee on Wikipedia
- ↑ What virtual toilets can teach us about the art of game design on PC Gamer
Locations and Businesses in Emporia | ||
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Port Prosperity Plaza | The First Lady · Port Prosperity | |
Grand Central Depot | The Salty Oyster · Columbia Creamery · Founders Books |