The Iceberg Lounge on Lanche Avenue in the South Side was the high-end establishment in Cobblepot's Iceberg restaurant chain and one of Gotham tourism's flagship offerings in dining culture.
Since his mother's condition had stabilized, Cobblepot had devoted much of his time and energy to business. He was a capable businessman, and with the Falcone family backing him, he had enjoyed every advantage of the times and caught Gotham's high-speed train of transformation.
After the second Iceberg Lounge had operated smoothly in the East District for a year, Cobblepot led a group of followers who had emerged from the Living Hell of the East District to introduce the concept of Polar Iceberg dining culture, consolidating the business into the Polar and Iceberg lines.
The Polar line targeted Gotham locals, encompassing both self-built and externally invested entertainment complexes, including nightclubs, casinos, strip bars, and more. The Iceberg line, meanwhile, catered to tourists and high-end consumers, focusing on the restaurant business. Its restaurants specialized in Gotham fusion cuisine, with each one featuring massive iceberg displays for tourists to photograph and check in with.
Gotham's tourism industry was booming more and more. The Iceberg Lounge gradually began appearing in East Coast food and travel media, and Cobblepot's worth rose accordingly. As the weather grew hotter, some local middle-class residents also began favoring the Iceberg Lounge for their dining.
Cobblepot had seized the opportunity. Beyond the enormous iceberg displays, he placed miniature mist-flowing iceberg displays on every table, replaced the floors and ceilings with ice-blue surfaces resembling ice crystals, and used white dry-ice fog to create a crisp, cool atmosphere. The restaurant's business grew even hotter, and most of the time, it could be described as impossible to get a table.
But today, the only Iceberg Lounge in the South Side informed all diners