Pauli's Diner

Pauli's Diner is a location in Batman: Arkham Knight and the site of Scarecrow and Arkham Knight's initial attack on Gotham City. It is located on Miagani island, on Grand Avenue, close to Ace Chemicals, known for its numerous inspection violations, though its food was said to be of good quality. As early as the Independence Day Riots, the diner had known to be frequented by GCPD officers who would compete aggressively and/or unfairly for the food sold there.

The only time it it's featured in the story is in the very start of the game, where the player is put in the shoes of Officer Owens, about to break his diet. However, before Owens got his order, a man walked up to him, and asked him to talk to a man who was smoking in the corner booth of the restaurant. Owens reluctantly walked to the booth and talked to the man, only to see a demonic creature attack him. Owens falls, and as he gets up, he saw that the whole diner was attacked by said creatures, and either shoots them/won't shoot them (Player's choice). However, either option has the same outcome, with the officer being knocked out by another creature.

Later, Scarecrow showed the residents of Gotham City footage of the customers attacking each other, while he admitted that he was behind the attack. This caused the GCPD to organize a mass evacuation, which left only the criminals, some other residents, firefighters, medics, and several brave police officers behind.

One Riddler Trophy was later inserted inside the ruined diner.

Sometime after the Knightfall Protocol was activated, Riddler would take steps to resolve the damage done to the diner, thus restoring it to what it was before Scarecrow’s attack.

Known Menu Items (taken from the in-game menu seen in the prologue, as well as other sources)[]

Pauli’s Pancakes

Three pancakes or four pieces of French toast with whipped butter and syrup

Pauli’s Pancakes or French Toast and Fruit

Served with strawberries, blueberries or apples

Pauli’s Pancakes or French Toast with Bacon or Bludhaven Sausage
Miagani Muffins

A selection of blueberry and chocolate muffins

Keystone Waffles

Waffle selections varied every day

Eggs or Omelettes any style

Choice of bacon, turkey bacon, Gotham steak

The Guvnor

Full English breakfast with bacon, sausage, mushrooms, baked beans. Served with tea and OJ

Otisburger

Quarter pound beef burger served with fries/sweet potato fries, king ketchup and salad

Otisburger Royale

Half pound beef burger with blue cheese and Caramelized onions served with fries, king ketchup and salad

Pulled Pork Burger

Otisburger topped with slow roasted pulled pork

Veggie Cheeseburger

Grilled vegetable patty, choice of cheese, lettuce, tomato, avocado, red onion, on a whole wheat bun

Filet Mignon with Knobbled Walrus Sauce

served with fries and seasonal vegetable

Pauli’s Fried Chicken

Hand-breaded with Pauli’s secret recipe

Chicken and Waffles

Four pieces of Pappy Parker fried chicken, served with a crisp hot waffle and a dinner salad

Classic Cobb Salad

Mixed greens with traditional toppings of bacon, hard boiled egg, blue cheese crumble, tomato, turkey, avocado with choice of dressing

Chicken Salad

Romaine lettuce, grilled chicken breast, strawberries, avocado, roasted walnuts, and in house sweet soy red wine dressing

Spaghetti Falcone

Spaghetti topped with Falcone sauce and Parmesan

Rich Milkshake

shakes made with real ice cream, served with whipped topping and a maraschino cherry. Choice of chocolate, vanilla, banana, or strawberry

Root Beer Float

Made with two scoops of ice cream and plenty of root beer

Hot Fudge Banana Sundae

Rich vanilla ice cream smothered in hot fudge with fresh bananas and whipped topping

Sundaes

A two-scoop ice cream sundae smothered in either hot fudge, chocolate syrup or strawberry topping. Crowned with whipped topping and a maraschino cherry

Ice Cream

Exact flavors unknown

Hot Coffee

Famous coffee served with sprinkles

Breakfast sandwich
Bagels
Hotdogs
Gotham steak

served with crinkle cut fries and peppercorn sauce

The All-Day Breakfast of Kings

served with bacon, eggs, sausage, toast, tomatoes

Chicken Salad Sandwich

served with crinkle cut fries and peppercorn sauce

Monster Burger

includes bacon, cheese, lettuce and hot chili sauce, also served with crinkle cut fries

Soder Cola

Trivia[]

The name of the diner was a reference to Paul Dini, who wrote both Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham City (comic) as well as several other, non-video game stories.
Depending on whether the player shoots the demons, several pieces of dialogue would change later on in the game.
- If the player wishes, they can also empty the gun by shooting at the walls or shoot all the demons before being stopped.
  - The cops will say it's amazing Owens didn't kill anyone if no one is killed.
  - Owens will be horrified if he killed anyone, and there will be talk of having his badge revoked.
The diner's sign could be seen very briefly on the opening cutscene of Batman: Arkham Asylum. The different surroundings, however, suggested that this was a sister location.
The only confirmed survivor of the attack on the diner was Officer Owens, as both the bearded man and Sharon Jones are confirmed dead by the Shadow War DLC mission. The fates of the unnamed customers are not revealed.
The game's novelization reveals that the diner was first opened in the 1950's.
The events that take place in the diner in Arkham Knight could very likely be an allusion to the DC comic Sandman: 24 Hours in which an escaped Arkham Asylum inmate named Dr. John Dee AKA Doctor Destiny uses his dream-manipulating powers to terrorize a family diner in Gotham City by manipulating the minds of it's customers into killing each other before unleashing his powers on the rest of the world. The appearance of the fear-toxin creature also resembles Doctor Destiny.
The diner can be found in Lego DC Supervillains, though it has no significance to the story.