Some customers offered hugs and condolences. Others doubled their orders and said they would be back soon.
The stream of clients entering Lincoln Fine Wines in Venice on Monday offered a sense of "normalcy" for owner Nazmul Haque two days after a thief broke in and made off with roughly $600,000 worth of product.
"To lose 10, 15 year's worth of work overnight is devastating. I'm not sure if I will recover emotionally," Haque said.