Starstation Eureka was famous not just for its location but its cuisine as well. Eureka’s Diner, located in D Ring, was perhaps its most famous eatery, self-described as the “universe’s oldest off-world greasy spoon.” And although the occasional grease fire had made UEN pencilcrats try to shut it down on more than one occasion, the uproar from Eureka personnel and regular visitors was always immediate and loud. They liked their greasy spoon and were willing to risk a zero-G inferno for it.

Perhaps the most famous (infamous?) dish at Eureka’s was the Solar System Pancakes, a nine-course breakfast of dyed and sweetened flapjacks made with Eureka’s ancestral recipe (hint: bacon grease). The experience, served with sides of toast, hash, bacon, and jelly and topped with whipped cream and syrup, begins with tiny Mercury before ramping up to Venus and Earth. Mars presents a bit of a cinnamon breather before the gargantuan citrus swirled Jupiter and Saturn pancakes, the latter made all the larger by the inclusion of its rings. Blueberry Neptune and minty Uranus follow, the latter with chocolate “moons.” Finally comes tiny chocolate swirled Pluto, which Eureka’s refused to demote to minor pancake status.

Doggie bags are available, of course, but anyone who finishes the complete Grand Tour with sides is given a commemorative ballcap and a 10% off coupon. Experienced spacers recognize the caps, and anyone who has done both a real-life Grand Tour and Eureka’s Grand Tour is said to have “broken two belts.”

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