Both B5 and DS9 had bars on station, but have and space stations have a fast food restaurant?
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.
Even though it’s not a space station, the Mickey D’s in The Fifth Element would probably be close.
Doctor who (2005) s01e07 - Kronkburgers on Satellite 5 in the opening scenes.
Was going to say with all of the episode of Dr. Who, it had to be in one of them.
There are 2.5 million franchises of Monolith Burger in Space Quest lore! https://spacequest.fandom.com/wiki/Monolith_Burger
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 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.
I seem to remember a scene in Babylon 5 where Vir got sick eating at a place that sounded like a rebranded McDonalds. Londo was chastising him saying you know Centauri stomachs can’t handle fast food. I wish I had time to rewatch that show.
The Minbari fast food restaurant in brown sector named McBari’s with the golden head bone. S5E14
That one is difficult because in star trek they had replicators that could make any food instantly. I’ve never actually watch B5, so can’t speak on that, but at least in the star trek universe, fast food would be pointless unless it was in the Delta or Gamma quadrants because it was never spoken about with the residents there. Good question though
Voyager mentioned several times that replicator technology was not widely known in the Delta quadrant. They had Neelix cooking slow food to save on replicator energy usage. There were plot points of possible technology trade with the Kazon and others.
Star Trek still has traditionalists and hobbyists that prepare food without replicators. Sisko’s father famously ran a Cajun restaurant in New Orleans. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone ran a fast food burger shop because “the fries just don’t crunch the same from a replicator” or something.
It also would be possible to have something like a replicator kiosk shop, which would be like fast food.
There are a few restaurants mentioned on the wiki, but they don’t distinguish between traditional preparation and replicator food (it includes Quark’s on the list). None of the space ones look like fast food though. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Restaurant
Does the Axiom on Wall-E count as a space station?
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
I think the mess hall with a food replicator is as close as you’re going to find.
What do you think the function is of a fast food restaurant in a society with no money and instant food machines.
This is of course with Earth in mind. I have no doubt there are fast food places on Ferenginar.
As someone who hasn’t really watched the show, I see all sorts of things and just accept it. My brain can not handle it having a society with no money. Capitalism has ruined me
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 replimat?
The Spaceburger looks pretty dope.
