Katie Holmes’ new beau Emilio Vitolo Jr. takes a break to chat with customers at his restaurant

He’s been spotted packing on the PDA in recent days with his new girlfriend Katie Holmes.

But Emilio Vitolo Jr. was on his own on Sunday as he took some time off at his restaurant Emilio’s Ballato in New York City to sit and chat with customers.

The 33-year-old chef was dressed casually in a plain white shirt as he shared a laugh with friends at a table outdoors. 

Vitolo Jr. wore a blue surgical-style mask, though he rendered it useless by resting it under his chin while talking with others.

The restaurateur had some time off, as he normally serves as the chef at the respected Italian restaurant.

In its positive review, New York Magazine noted the restaurant has a ‘clubby’ atmosphere, partly due to his father Emilio Vitolo, who owns the restaurant and sits at a front table where he can decide who gets a table and in what order they’ll be served.

Despite the insular style, plenty of celebrities have been drawn to the restaurants classic Italian dishes, including former President Barack Obama and Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Bradley Cooper.

Emilio was most recently spotted with his new girlfriend Katie Holmes on Tuesday when they couldn’t contain their passion outside his restaurant.

DailyMail.com published photos of the chef and the 41-year-old Dawson’s Creek star locking lips just feet away from his father, who kindly averted his eyes. 

On Wednesday, DailyMail.com revealed that Vitolo broke it off with his live-in fiancée Rachel Emmons, 24, via text when handsy photos of him and Holmes were first published, leaving the handbag designer shocked and forcing her to move back home. 

Katie and Emilio’s friendship has been growing since October 2019, and she doesn’t seem to have been bothered by his engagement.  

Katie and Emilio first met when a mutual friend introduced them, and their passions have only intensified since she returned home to New York City following time quarantining with her family in Ohio.  

An insider close to the Logan Lucky star said she’s now behaving ‘like a teenage girl in love’ because Vitolo is ‘openly affectionate with her, left his fiancée to be with her and gives her something [her ex-boyfriend] Jamie [Foxx] couldn’t,’ the source added.

The insider said Holmes had been devastated by her breakup last year with the playboy actor, who never seemed to give up his roving eye and was still too close for comfort with his baby mama.

The acting couple were first linked in 2013 hand-in-hand through Malibu, but they kept their relationship private throughout the years.

The couple finally split after they took their relationship public last year at the Met Gala.

Prior to coupling up with Foxx, Holmes was married to Hollywood icon Tom Cruise.

The couple began their whirlwind courtship in 2005 and were married in seven weeks.

Katie filed for divorce in 2012, which was finalized after only ten days.

She and Cruise had welcomed their daughter Suri in 2006, who now spends her time with Katie, who has primary custody.