Both B5 and DS9 had bars on station, but have and space stations have a fast food restaurant?
Futurama has Fishy Joe’s. Other than the episode with the Popplers, I’ve only seen it as a space station in the background of some scenes.
There’s at least one instance on futurama where a space ship is flown through a drive-through that’s just out in the vacuum of space
Fishy Joe’s in “The problem with Popplers” iirc.
Pop a Poppler in your mouth,
When you come to Fishy Joe’s.
What they’re made of is a mystery,
Where they come from, no one knows.
You can pick 'em, you can lick 'em,
You can chew 'em, you can stick 'em,
And if you promise not to sue us,
You can shove one up your nose.
It’s five-star, not fast food, but there’s Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, which serves a delicious Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. Don’t let the five-stars scare you off:
All you have to do is deposit one penny in a savings account in your own era, and when you arrive at the End of Time the operation of compound interest means that the fabulous cost of your meal has been paid for. (Many claim that this is not merely impossible, but clearly insane.)
This is why the advertising executives of the star system of Bastablon came up with this slogan: “If you’ve done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.”
There are 2.5 million franchises of Monolith Burger in Space Quest lore! https://spacequest.fandom.com/wiki/Monolith_Burger
Even though it’s not a space station, the Mickey D’s in The Fifth Element would probably be close.
Deep Space 9 had food replicators.
Does that count? :)
It’s rare to come across a fellow Chicken Invaders fan
The Spaceburger looks pretty dope.
Wall-E had people ordering liquid fast food on their iPads and having it immediately delivered by drone. So fast food on a space station, but not a conventional restaurant experience i guess.
The Expanse depicts a lot of local street food vendors on different space stations throughout the solar system
Came here to say this. Expanse hits the notes of “real people actually live on this ship/station” way more than any other sci-fi I’ve consumed. Fast food, bars, brothels, restrooms, storage and maintenance areas, all of these are specifically called out at most stations.
I noticed this too, The Expanse does that so well, really fleshing out what life would be like living as a grunt in The Belt. They had their own culture, their own sayings, their own food. Like any colony, it gave host to any number of establishments meant to provide a bit of comfort out in the inky black nothing. The shared suffering also gave them a sense of community, which is a powerful motivator when the far off motherland starts imposing increasingly burdensome levies… Makes you want to grab the closest thing and hurl it at them! 😉
WATCH THE EXPANSE
It’s amazing.
I would go farther and say read the books. The show is great, and the books are great too.
Not technically a Space Station, but there’s a whole Invader Zim episode on an entire planet being dedicated to fast food, Food Courtia iirc
There is a jumja kiosk on the DS9 promenade. It also had a bunch of different restaurants. Klingon and Bajoran are the two i remember off the top of my head.
The Klingon restaurant on DS9 was more of a sit-down restaurant IIRC
Yes but all Klingon food is fast food since it’s served live.
If Klingon food is too strong for you, perhaps we could get one of the females to breast feed you.
Only if it’s Grilka.
Starfield has Chunks, a full on fast food chain with multiple locations. Some are on space stations, some are on planets.
You can also find their vacuum-sealed food everywhere.
Babylon 5 had at least a few pizza take aways.
How can you forget McBari’s! They only have fresh spoo, but the flarn is out of this world.
There was a Howard Johnson’s restaurant on the space station in 2001.
Of course, both Pan Am and Howard Johnson’s are defunct
