The new drive-thru at 62 Area dining hall opened last week and offers the same menu of breakfast burritos, burgers, salads and quesadillas as the drive-thru at the 22 Area dining hall.

Rally Point Bistro, the installation’s first campus-style dining venue, offers an interactive approach to military food service.

The Operation Iraqi Freedom dining facility had extensive renovations and a deep cleaning that included all pipes and plumbing. All food equipment was replaced.

Unverified sources have suggested the outages affected up to a dozen stores, though the Defense Department has declined to release anything beyond an acknowledgment of a “possible refrigeration disruption.”

The outages have forced the grocery stores to throw out thousands of dollars’ worth of meat, dairy, produce and frozen foods.

42 Bistro now offers a menu of beer, hard seltzer and cider from a small bar separate from the food stations. It is also available in the bistro’s coffee shop, Tradecraft.

The Belvedere Bistro is named to honor the 10th Mountain Division’s nighttime assaults on Mount Belvedere in Italy during World War II.

Through the Flexible Eating and Expanded Dining program, known as FEED, soldiers can purchase preselected meals from restaurants that operate on base.

Adm. Daryl Caudle has prioritized work-life balance through a “Sailors First” initiative, focused on life challenges that can be exacerbated by the nature of military service.

Fort Carson’s Stack House Bistro, which will open this week, learned a lot from its Texas predecessor, Fort Hood’s 42 Bistro, and will try to avoid dealing with some of the same issues.