Coin-op burrito box

Published April 11, 2017
By Steve Kotecki
21st Space Wing Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Ever realize how hard it is to find mini cheese sliders on Pete? What about the lack of instantly available burritos? Ever forget a bottle of hot sauce for lunch and need a quick hot sauce fix?

Well, now all those problems are gone. Thank Washington’s ghost!

There’s a new burrito-slinging sheriff in town and he’s ready to dole out some hotness to stave those hunger pangs.

Located at the Peterson Air Force Base visitor center, this coin-op burrito box delivers more than just typical tortilla-wrapped meat bazooka.

It’s like an entire food truck parked in a bright orange box. Except it doesn’t move and isn’t an old converted pick-up also known as a roach coach.

Beside the aforementioned hand-held meal, it also has breakfast burritos, mini sliders and Philly cheese steaks, as well as dessert options like warm marble cake, cinnamon rolls and crumbly cake!!!

Yeah, crumbly cake.

“It’s pretty good,” said Senior Airman Joed Gonzales, 21st Security Forces Squadron, pass and registration clerk.

“I like that it’s right there. It’s a vending machine, what do you want me to say about it?” Gonzales said when describing his favorite aspect of the new burrito vending machine.

This burrito robot also sets a festive mood for purchases. When a snack is purchased, the touch screen plays a music video while burritos are being heated! Crazy.

And for convenience sake the machine accepts cash and credit cards? Insane.

If this big, bad, burrito-shooting hot slice of Shangri-La is calling your name it can be found in the waiting area of the west gate visitor center.