As fans of small business in general, and as a local business owner myself, my wife and I could not wait for Va Da Vie to open. The fact that they were setting up inside the Park Road Shopping Center, a favorite area of ours since we are only 1 mile up the road, was just a huge plus. For the past 8 weeks I have made it my mission to introduce everyone in my office to VaDaVie and even have made sure to make a stop for gelato a must when relatives have been in town. Usually I can count on the smiling face and warm greeting from the male owner which has more than made up for the cold shoulder you get from the female owner who is always there. \n\nTonights experience turned the usual cold shoulder and kicked it up a few notches as my wife walked in past 8:00pm (8:12pm to be exact) as the door was still open and there were still people in line ordering and two women sitting enjoying their gelato inside; just what a new small business would like right?! Instead she received a very snarky \""I better lock the door or else people will just keep coming in\"" from the female owner followed by the comment \""well I'm not going to turn you away now\"" after my wife asked if she should leave. WOW!, what a reception to give when you are trying to start up a small business! What a problem to have, people lining out the door to buy some of your product and they are greeted with this poor attitude?!\n\nGreat gelato but will not return based on the principle. From one small business owner to another; this is not the way to build a successful business.