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ISSUE 18 02 > NEWS TheRotundaOnline.com New Tex-Mex bar to open by Jesse Plichta-Kellar | News Staff | @JesseKellar EVA WITTKOSKI | THE ROTUNDA The new Tex-Mex restaurant in town, One19, prides itself on using refurbished materials from the former tenant to create their furniture and their decorations. ocated at 119 N. Main wife, the hours of the restaurant my late teens … I’ve noticed one Street, One19 is set to open are still to be determined. thing Farmville is lacking in is Lin early April, according to The restaurant bar will serve Tex- different restaurants,” he said. “Longwood Bill McKay, the owner of One19. Mex inspired food and beer, based “Definitely something different in According to McKay, there will around “southwestern flavors,”every aspect, be it décor, building, be a soft opening in April and a McKay said. The menu will have a beer, food. Every aspect.” students in grand opening in May. wide variety of price points. According to McKay, the “I plan to open early April, first “You can come in and have a $3 restaurant will seat about 60 people the design a couple of soft openings for a taco or a $20 steak,” he said. The and as much as possible, the food lot of our friends and family who co-owners plan to have 10-12 will be locally sourced. lab created have been very supportive of this employees; McKay said most of the “Fresh is the main idea here,” endeavor,” he said. “The grand applications have been Longwood McKay said. the logo opening will come a month later.” students. He also explained that most of According to Maureen Walls- The goal of the restaurant is to be the recent work on the building was McKay, Longwood’s director something different for Farmville, done by himself or close friends. for us and of counseling and psychological according to McKay. According to McKay, the building services (CAPS) and McKay’s “Growing up in Farmville until was built in 1896 and had previously really did been a barber shop, a florist and a pharmacy before he purchased a fantastic it.According to McKay, he also plans to be as environmentally job.” friendly as possible. “All of the wood that you see Walls-McKay in here came from here … It’s reclaimed, repurposed,” McKay said. “I don’t plan, at this point, to one line and “Tastefully off-center” use Styrofoam cups, paper plates, below that was designed by the anything like that. Everything will Longwood design lab, according be low-footprint.” to Wa lls-McKay. According to Maureen Walls- “Longwood students in the McKay, the name was chosen design lab created the logo for because of the building’s location us and really did a fantastic job,” at 119 Main Street. According to Walls-McKay said. Walls-McKay, they tried to find According to McKay, the logo is another name but found themselves representative of the restaurant’s referring to it as “going down to approach. one nineteen” and the name fit. “The tastefully off-center is The logo on the door of the my approach to flavor, and the The new Tex-Mex restaurant in town, One19, prides itself on using refurbished building, which says “One19” on building,” McKay said. materials from the former tenant to create their furniture and their decorations. MAR. 26, 2018 03 > NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD 2018 HALLE PARKER editor-in-chief JEFF HALLIDAY, MIKE MERGEN AND KATIE WINDLEMEESE New Farmville food faculty advisers NEWS SOCIAL MEDIA CHRISTINE RINDFLEISCH MIRANDA FARLEY delivery service editor editor by Jesse Plichta-Kellar | News Staff | @JesseKellar editor-in-chief pro-tempore JESSE PLICHTA-KELLAR ROTUNDA STUDIOS TAYLOR O’BERRY | THE ROTUNDA staff PAYTON CONWAY Owner, Jacob Jamerson (left) and an employee, Asim Brooks standing in front of the executive producer Wayfast logo located in the company’s office. BUSINESS NICOLE DEL ROSARIO DAVID GILLIAM assistant producer fter two years of until 1 a.m.,” said Jamerson. business manager brainstorming and Customers can order with Wayfast ALAINA JACQUES MARISA YEAGER staff planning, Wayfast Delivery either online at wayfastdelivery.com A staff ELLIE STUCK started serving Farmville on Feb. or by calling the office at (434) 392- 14, according to Wayfast Delivery 3660. Once the order is placed it is FEATURES staff owner Jacob Jamerson. The business sent to the restaurant and the meal DAVID PETTYJOHN TJ WENGERT initially was designed to deliver is prepared. There is a $15 minimum staff staff groceries to homes from the stores. for each order. Once the food is ready, RAE MUNDIE After some research on the delivery the Wayfast employees pick up the staff LAYOUT ERIN EATON service industry, Jamerson and his food from the restaurant and deliver MEGAN GARY editor friend Brandon Toney decided to it to the customer’s location. There is staff LAURA GOTTSCHALK focus more on restaurant delivery a 15 percent delivery fee paid either A&E assistant editor while still offering grocery delivery. with cash or card to the Wayfast MASON VEST Jamerson and Toney grew up in employee, explained Jamerson. JACOB DILANDRO staff staff Farmville so their goal was to start The delivery fee does not include TAIYA JARRETT a business they felt the community the tip and the employees work staff PHOTO needed. mainly for tips. The average delivery TAYLOR O’BERRY According to Jamerson, deliveries time is under 60 minutes, according OPINIONS editor can be made from The Fishin’ Pig, to the website. RACHAEL POOLE EVA WITTKOSKI Bojangles’ and La Parota Grill. Wayfast has about 12 employees, assistant editor staff Wayfast is partnered with Third some being Longwood students. CARRIE BAILEY Street Brewing Company allowing The staff will grow as the company SPORTS staff customers to order food to the expands and begins to receive more PATRICK SANDERSON editor brewery from local restaurants. The orders, according to Jamerson. EVENTS KURT MARTIN business is looking to grow their list Toney, Wayfast’s web designer, EMILY NEIGHBORS staff of restaurants they deliver from and is developing an app aimed to be co-coordinator is in the process of talking to Huddle done in April, making the ordering COPY ALEX KISZKA House, Merk’s Place and Miller’s process easier. SARA HOLDSWORTH co-coordinator Country Store. Jamerson said he hopes for Wayfast staff “We have signed with the two to eventually deliver alcohol. The customer would have to enter their restaurants going in with the Weyanoke but they don’t open until license information in on the website and verify their age and name. CONTACT INFORMATION May … and that includes a pizzeria,” said Jamerson. The same customer would have to [email protected] Jamerson said the business is be present upon delivery without www.therotundaonline.com anyone under the age of 21 present. interested in working with KJ Hibachi, Shogun Steakhouse and According to Jamerson, Wayfast is Hong Kong Kitchen in the future. also looking into using Lancer Cash for payment. According to Jamerson, the business averages about 12 orders a “The grocery delivery service is still day. Currently, Wayfast is delivering functional.. we still offer that service. INTERESTED IN into surrounding counties but plans We’re not pushing it too much right to settle at an 8-10 mile range. The now but Walmart is hoping to do hours are Monday through Thursday ‘shop and go’ where you order online THE ROTUNDA? from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday and they shop for you. Then we and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. would pick it up from there,” said “Once we get fully staffed and a Jamerson. couple more restaurants on board, Jamerson said Wayfast plans to we’re going to start opening from 10 advertise on campus and hand out JOIN US (a.m.) to 10 (p.m.) Monday through Bojangles’ coupons to students. MONDAYS @6:30 P.M. IN BEDFORD 106 Thursday and Friday and Saturday 04 > NEWS TheRotundaOnline.com SURVEY SAYS: ROTUNDA ASKS STUDENTS ABOUT CAMPUS PARKING ISSUES by Jesse Plichta-Kellar | News Staff | @JesseKellar The majority of students who responded to a Rotunda survey regarding parking on campus said there was enough enforcement of TAYLOR O'BERRY | THE ROTUNDA regulations by the police department. ecently, The Rotunda conducted an afterwards.” “I believe that LUPD alone is qualified alone to unscientific survey of student opinion Many students said parking enforcement was enforce parking regulations,” said Ben Lambert, Rrelating to parking with 86 respondents. too strict. a criminal justice junior. “By granting these Students were asked if there is enough parking “There is not enough parking at Longwood students authority over others by allowing them at Longwood, if there is enough regulations for around campus,” said Kathryn Bates, a biology to enforce parking, not only do the students in parking, if this was enough parking specifically freshmen. “So if you need to leave your car for a the division receive negative feelings from their for commuters, main campus residents and bit in the wrong lot as long as it is not negatively peers, but students may see it as an inappropriate Lancer Park residents, as well as their thoughts effecting anyone (such as it’s the weekend or it’s delegation of power, as the members only a week on a student-based parking enforcement unit.