What are all the jokes on the DS9 Promenade Directory?

Question

This image shows all of the shops along the promenade on DS9.

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What are all the in-jokes and references?

Answer 1

1. Amphitheater
2. Andorian Fast Food
3. Bajoran Consulate
4. Bajoran Customs
5. Banzai Institute

   Reference to The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

6. Berman’s Dilithium Supply

   Possible reference to Rick Berman, executive producer of TNG and co-creator of DS9.

7. Bowling alley

   Possibly a reference to the bowling alley that was supposedly found at the rear of the original Enterprise .

8. Cargo Loading and Transfer
9. Cavor’s Gravity Devices

   From Dr. Selwyn Cavor the inventor of the antigravity mineral Cavorite from the H. G. Wells book The First Men in the Moon.

10. Chief Engineers Office
11. Curry’s Martial Arts Training

    Reference to Deep Space Nine special effects artist Dan Curry.

12. Del Floria’s Tailor Shop

    Reference to the concealed front entrance used by the men from U.N.C.L.E.

13. Diet Smith Corporation.

    Diet Smith was an inventor (think Q from James Bond) who helped Dick Tracy.

14. Diva Droid Corporation

    Red Dwarf reference. Diva Droid International was the company that built Kryten

15. Dock Master’s Office
16. Federation Consulate
17. Forbin Project

    Reference to the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project (based on the book Colossus, by D.F. Jones).

18. Frederickson’s Squid Vendor

    Reference to Deep Space Nine scenic artist Anthony Fredrickson.

19. Garak’s Clothiers
20. Geological Assay Office
21. Gocke’s House of Mirrors

    Reference to sound mixer Bill Gocke. The mirrors in question may be a reference to his famous gaffe, inadvertently appearing in a reflection in TNG: Unification

22. Klingon Consulate
23. Import Protocol Office
24. Infirmary
25. Jacobson’s Used Photons

    Reference to lamp operator Phillip Jacobson, primarily responsible for set lighting, hence photons.

26. Jupiter Mining Corporation

    Red Dwarf Reference. JMC was the company that built and ran the titular Red Dwarf

27. Lodging and Accommodations
28. Milliways

    This is the "Restaurant At The End Of The Universe" from the book of the same name, part of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.

29. Pancho’s Happy Bottom Riding Club

    A real life dude ranch called the Happy Bottom Riding Club owned and operated by Pancho Barnes who was also a well know aviator in her own right.

30. Quark’s Bar
31. Replimat Cafe
32. Richarz’ Accessories

    According to Memory Alpha, a reference to the name of the set designer from DS9, Laura Richarz.

33. Rush Dilithium Crystals

    reference to director of photography Marvin V. Rush.

34. Schoolroom
35. Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.

    Reference to Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. These are the mindless jerks that built Marvin the Paranoid Android.

36. Spacecraft Resupply
37. Spacely Sprockets

    This is the corporation that George Jetson works for in The Jetsons.

38. Station Operations
39. Station Security
40. Subspace Communications
41. Tom Servo’s Used Robots

    Tom Servo is a robot puppet from the show Mystery Science Theatre 3000

42. Vince’s Gym

    Possible reference to Vince Gironda by Art Dept person Doug Drexler was a member of the famous real Vince's Gym for twelve years

43. Vulcan Embassy
44. Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems

    Probably a reference to Buckaroo Banzai; Yoyodyne was the front organization for the aliens. Yoyodyne was first introduced in novels by Thomas Pynchon.

45. Chez Zimmerman

    reference to Deep Space Nine production designer Herman Zimmerman.