No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is frankspizzerianj.com legit or a scam?
Long-established Newark pizzeria with 18-year-old domain, real address, and consistent customer reviews across Yelp and Tripadvisor.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual similarities noted — cleared by the overall checks
Our vision model noted some visual similarity to a known brand, but the domain, security records, and reputation checks confirm this is the legitimate site — so this is shown for transparency, not as a red flag.
What our vision model saw
1 signalPage renders a 403 Forbidden error
Intelligence
The domain frankspizzerianj.com was registered in September 2007 and has remained active for nearly two decades. The page lists a physical address at 161 Bloomfield Avenue, Newark, NJ along with two phone numbers that match listings on Yelp, Tripadvisor, and Instagram. Multiple customer reviews spanning years describe the pizza and service positively, with one reviewer noting loyalty since 2006. Our antivirus network returned zero detections and the hosting IP shows no abuse history. The only complaint found relates to parking enforcement in an adjacent lot, not the restaurant itself. The 403 error in the screenshot appears to be a temporary server response rather than evidence of a non-functional or parked site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for frankspizzerianj.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain frankspizzerianj.com registered 2007-09-13 (age ~18.8 years); active website for Frank's Pizzeria & Restaurant at 161 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07104.
- Physical address confirmed across Yelp, Tripadvisor, Google listings, Instagram (@franksnewark), and site itself; phones 973-482-8891 / 973-482-7266.
- Claims family-owned & operated since 1974 on Instagram and site; multiple customer testimonials reference long-term loyalty (e.g., since 2006).
- Pizza reviews generally positive: Yelp notes good pizza/service; Tripadvisor praises Buffalo/BBQ chicken pies and garlic knots; One Bite Dave score 6.8, community 7.7.
- One documented customer complaint (Google review, Apr 2023): car booted in adjacent lot mistaken for pizzeria parking; reviewer called boot fee a 'scam' and noted multiple affected customers.
- No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative mentions tied to the domain or business found in searches for 'scam', 'complaint', 'ripoff', Reddit, etc.
- Site lists 'Cash Only/ATM on premises'; offers catering, delivery (orders by 9:15pm cutoff); no brand impersonation indicators.
- Yelpopen
"The pizza here is pretty good but the service is ok. I ordered the bbq chicken pizza and plain slices. They were good. This place also has a few tables for ..."
- Tripadvisoropen
"We love Frank's! Best Pizza around. Our favorites are the Buffalo Chicken, BBQ Chicken and Bacon. Their garlic knots are excellent and no visit would be ..."
- One Biteopen
"Dave 6.8 ... Community 7.7 Rated 7.5 based on 5 reviews."
- Facebook (PizzaReviewJoe)open
"So Frank's Pizzeria is awesome. It is very inviting and festive, nostalgic, warm and welcome. A good old world pizza joint."
- Website testimonialsopen
"Been a loyal customer since 2006. Family owned business and their pizza OMG delicious. If you ever go there try the grandpa a Slice. It's soooo good"
Our research found five positive customer reviews on Yelp, Tripadvisor, One Bite, and Facebook praising the pizza and service. A single Google review from April 2023 complained about a car being booted in an adjacent lot, not the restaurant itself. No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative mentions tied to frankspizzerianj.com or the business appeared in searches for scam, complaint, or ripoff terms.
Domain Timeline
- Sep 13, 2007Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 19 years old today.
- Jul 8, 2026Latest security review — Reviewed as safe
This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.
frankspizzerianj.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- Phone number listed (973.482.8891).
- Postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 4 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on frankspizzerianj.com and not a lookalike like f-rankspizzerianj.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
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Final Verdict
Frank's Pizzeria and Restaurant is a real local pizza shop in Newark, New Jersey. The domain is 18.8 years old with matching physical address, phone numbers, and positive reviews across multiple sites. No scam indicators found.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on frankspizzerianj.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- frankspizzerianj.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 88/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. frankspizzerianj.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, expiring in 49 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- frankspizzerianj.com is 18.8 years old, registered on 9/13/2007 through Wild West Domains, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report frankspizzerianj.com as clean.
- No. frankspizzerianj.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- frankspizzerianj.com resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around frankspizzerianj.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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