STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A lesbian couple working at a Great Kills Italian restaurant are accusing the management of doing nothing to stop a male co-worker from repeatedly sexually harassing and hitting on them.

The women worked at the Staten Island location of Patrizia's of Brooklyn, where, they allege in a federal lawsuit, their-co-worker peppered one of them with repeated requests and come-ons, such as "Do you want to have an affair with me?" and "You know what I did on my day off, Nicole? I f----ed all day!"

The two women, Nicole Montalbano and Jeanette Ravelo-Rodriguez, both from New Jersey, say they were working at the 4255 Amboy Rd. restaurant from September 2013 to January 2014 when the harassment took place.

Their lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn federal court on Thursday, alleges that co-worker Salvatore Borgognone started hitting on Ms. Montalbano as soon as she started working there, "asking to hook up with her, and intimidating her."

She took time off that December as a result, and Ms. Ravelo-Rodriguez complained to a supervisor, Giacomo Alaio, on her behalf, the lawsuit alleges.

"I'll take care of it. It won't happen again," Alaio said in response, according to the lawsuit.

A manager asked Ms. Montalbano to return to work in January 2014 as a "dessert preparer," assuring her that Borgognone was treating her "like a sister" and was only kidding about the harassment, the lawsuit alleges.

So she returned, but not before telling the manager that she and Ms. Ravelo-Rodriguez were in a committed relationship, hoping that would stave off future harassment, the lawsuit alleges.

Instead, the lawsuit alleges, Borgognone continued to hit on her and brush up against her, once telling another worker, while Ms. Ravelo-Rodriguez was present, "I don't really think Nicole is gay and just likes women... It's just a phase."

In that same conversation, he said, "I had a dream about you two. I was making out with Nicole and you were watching," then smirked at Ms. Montalbano from across the restaurant, the lawsuit alleges.

Ms. Montalbano alleges the continued harassment essentially forced her to leave the job in April.

"We are fighting for our clients' basic right to go to work without any fear of being harassed because of their sexual orientation," said attorney Christopher L. Van De Water, who is representing the plaintiffs, in a statement to the Advance.

When reached at the restaurant on Friday, Alaio declined comment on the lawsuit.

-- Mary Sharmaine Tan contributed to this report.