Sunday 29 May 2022 07:46 PM Kim Kardashian is driving business in Staten Island after string of low key ... trends now
Staten Island business owners have seen a surge in interest thanks to Kim Kardashian's low key visits with her local-boy boyfriend Pete Davidson.
While they may have hoped to keep a low profile with their unglamorous outings, their dates to pizzerias and movie theaters have driven an influx of celebrity tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of them, sit where they sat and eat what they ate since going public last year.
There are now lines out the door at Campania, the Italian restaurant where the pair shared a pizza, salad and jug of sangria in October, and the local movie theater which they visited in December has been booked out in her honor.
Servers at Campania tell The New York Times patrons now regularly ask about the star during dinner service.
'I was like, "Kim isn’t here today, but check back tomorrow." It took me a few times to realize they weren’t talking about my friend Kim, who works here with me.
Kim Kardashian and Pete Davison posing with the manager of Angelino's a restaurant in Staten Island, in December after a visit
The owner of Angelino's (above) says he's never seen so much interest in the restaurant
'They were talking about Kim Kardashian,' waitress Nicole Bressi said.
The pair visited Campania in October last year, entering through the back door. Kim had been staying at the Ritz Carlton in Manhattan - it was only a week after her SNL appearance, which is how the pair met.
'So many people ask us about Kim, we now make up stories. I wasn’t even here when Kim was here, but now I say, "Oh yeah, we had coffee. It was lovely,"' Bressi added.
The manager of Campania, Umberto Guzman, said business boomed after their visit became public knowledge.
'It was crazy. The phone was ringing off the hook, and we had long lines every day.
'People wanted to sit on the roof all winter long because that’s where she sat, but I had to explain to them the roof was closed because it was cold,' he said.
He isn't entirely happy about the influx of attention, however.
'I don’t want lines anymore because it’s annoying for my customers.
'We have been busy since we opened last April because our food, and service, is
