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weights at a certain level. We try to make it so that In addition to the new cuisine and equipment, the new snack
they can get in, get something healthy quickly and bar has a South-of-the-Border decorative theme. “There is
reasonably priced, and get out. We also have a salad comfortable seating in there,” said Allen. “We have tapestries
bar in there so they can do salads and help themselves and art and decorative tablecloths. It immediately has a nice
to that. It is sold by the ounce.” ambience and a South-of-the-Border feel when you walk in.”

Nordmann said that he has seen the convenience The early months have been good for the snack bar, which
factor for the pilots firsthand. “These burritos are some- opened in July. While it currently serves lunch and dinner, plans
thing that these guys are grabbing and they are taking are underway to add breakfast. They will also be updating the
in the planes with them,” he said. “They are flying area around the location. “We are getting ready to pave the
away with these burritos, which is kind of neat. They parking lot around the North Field Snack Bar to make sure
are putting them in their pockets, and away they go.” everything is nice and looking fresh,” said Nordmann. —MCH

What also made Mexican cuisine a good choice is
that it can be prepared in TurboChef ovens. “We don’t
have a hood system in there, so we needed something
that would be able to run without a hood,” she said.
“We have deep fryers in all of our other facilities, so
we were trying to get away from the deep fryer and
getting a little healthier options with the TurboChefs.”

Allen and her team purchase most of their food items from
supplier US Foods, and use recipes and extra ingredients to
enhance them. “We’ll make an avocado/guacamole sauce that
we use and different flavors that are popular,” she said. “We
get the guacamole through our distributor, but then we mix
it together to make it a sauce for the burritos. We are adding
lime and sour cream and different things to it.”

For those who want to cheat a little, the snack bar offers
churros, fried dough covered in cinnamon-sugar, and apple
turnovers.