Fontanella - Matthews

I went to Fontanella's for a nice dinner Friday evening with my husband, daughter, and sister who was in from out of town. We arrived around 9:30. We asked our server what time they closed and she said 11:00. (website listed 11:30, but we figured we still had time for dinner). We ordered appetizers and drinks and a carafe of wine. We noticed upon arrival there was a group of people at the bar and one behind the bar with a glass of wine in his hand. There was only one other table occupied. We ordered our entrees, were served, and were finishing up our wine at around 10:55 when we noticed the lights went up and music was turned off. A man who we later discovered was the owner came over and very rudely told us it was time to go. My husband, who just finished paying a check for $118 was floored. We are not used to being treated so inconsiderately so my husband spoke up and asked the guy if he was the owner to which the man replied he was. This man's actions were totally uncalled for, and inappropriate toward a paying customer. We told him we would not be back and he called my husband a nobody and stated he did not need our business. We will never step foot in this establishment again and it appears the owner needs to have a few less glasses of wine if he is going to be handling customers.

I went to Fontanella for a nice dinner Friday night with my husband, daughter and sister who was out of town. We arrived at 9:30. We asked our server when they closed and she said 11:00. (Website listed 11:30, but we thought we had time for dinner). We ordered appetizers and drinks and a carafe of wine. We noticed on arrival a group of people at the bar and one behind the bar with a glass of wine in his hand. There was only another table. We ordered our entrees, were served and finished our wine at 10:55, when we noticed that the lights went up and the music was turned off. A man we later discovered was the owner came by and very rudely told us that it was time to go. My husband, who just finished paying a $118 check, was down. We are not used to being treated so inconspicuously, so my husband spoke and asked the guy if he was the owner to whom the man replied that he was. The deeds of this man were completely inappropriate and inappropriate to a paying customer. We told him we weren't back and he called my husband a nobody and said he didn't need our business. We will never walk in this facility again and it seems that the owner has to have a few less glasses of wine when he will deal with customers.