The horizon mural that surrounds the dining area is meant to evoke an eveing sky in the San Fernando Valley.

As is somewhat well known, the license plates on the cars are the designers' initals, such as Eddie Sotto and Steve & Kathy Kirk usually followed by their birth month and year.

Stylistically, they employed the Atomic / Boomerange/ Googie aesthetic popular in coffee shop, motel, drive-in and bowling alley design at the time. The space-age vibe of this style seemed perfect for the science fiction theme.

They borrowed heavily from architects of the period, like Wayne McAllister and Helen Fong, and pushed the styling even further.

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