The John F. Kennedy Space Center serves as the U.S. home base for its astronaut launch facilities and space shuttles. Its visitors complex is a prime tourist destination offering tours of the launch pad, experiences with interactive simulators and live shows. Their facility also offers an assortment of restaurants.
This renovated cafe was built with floor-to-ceiling glass walls in the dining areas that offer panoramic views of the space center. It is a modern, self-service restaurant designed with bold colors and space-themed graphics, including a replica of the solar system spread across the floor. Its menu includes basics from burgers and fries to salads.
Orbit Cafe
Kennedy Space Center
State Route 405 E.
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
(866) 737-5235
kennedyspacecenter.com
Experience the thrill of eating lunch with a veteran astronaut in one of the facility's banquet rooms. The straight-ahead selections of various hot and cold dishes is merely the appetizer to the main course of a real astronaut's stories of his experiences in space. The schedule of visiting astronauts is listed on the space center's website.
Kennedy Space Center
State Road 405 East
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
(866) 737-5235
kennedyspacecenter.com
As the only place in the world where guests can dine next to a genuine moon rock, this convenient cafe in the Apollo/Saturn V Center offers an assortment of sandwiches, salads, soups, pizzas, fried foods and beverages.
Moon Rock Café
Kennedy Space Center
State Road 405 East
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
(866) 737-5235
kennedyspacecenter.com
Just adjacent to the Astronaut Encounter facility, this quick-stop grill offers a variety of grilled sandwiches, burgers, fries and vegetarian options such as grilled cheese sandwiches.
G-Force Grill
Kennedy Space Center
State Road 405 East
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
(866) 737-5235
kennedyspacecenter.com