Is thebistro101.com safe?
http://thebistro101.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 67 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Bistro 101 is the legitimate website for a long-established restaurant in Canton, Illinois.
The site serves as the online presence for a physical steakhouse at 101 E Elm St, Canton, IL 61520. It has been registered since 2013 and maintains a 4.7-star rating across hundreds of independent reviews. The only commercial action is a link to purchase gift cards through Squareup.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 92/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. 2 findings pulled the score down; 5 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- MinorNo direct contact email found on the captured page.
- MinorNo operator postal address visible on the captured page.
What pushed the score up
- Supports4.7-star rating from 386 reviews on Birdeye.
- SupportsAddress on site matches third-party listings.
- SupportsDomain registered 4,819 days ago.
- SupportsGoogle Safe Browsing returned no threat warning
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site serves as the online presence for a physical steakhouse at 101 E Elm St, Canton, IL 61520. It has been registered since 2013 and maintains a 4.7-star rating across hundreds of independent reviews. The only commercial action is a link to purchase gift cards through Squareup.
Independent verification confirms a real, long-standing business.
Third-party listings place Bistro 101 at 101 E Elm St, Canton, IL 61520 and show a 4.7-star rating from 386 reviews on Birdeye.
The domain has been registered for 4,819 days, consistent with a business operating since at least 2013.
The browser threat feed and a valid TLS certificate show no security warnings.
The only monetization path is a standard gift-card purchase via Square.
The site displays a "Gift Cards" link that directs visitors to Squareup for purchase.
The address "101 E Elm | Canton, IL" appears on the page, matching the physical location listed in independent directories.
Why the score is 92
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 67
No detectionsSaved analysis from September 23, 2018 - stale
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 9 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 67
All 67 engine results
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Avira - Clean
- Baidu-International - Clean
- BitDefender - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- C-SIRT - Clean
- Certly - Clean
- CLEAN MX - Clean
- Comodo Site Inspector - Clean
- CyberCrime - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- ESET - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- FraudScore - Clean
- FraudSense - Clean
- G-Data - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Clean
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- Lionic - Clean
- Malc0de Database - Clean
- Malekal - Clean
- Malware Domain Blocklist - Clean
- Malwarebytes hpHosts - Clean
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwareDomainList - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- Netcraft - Unrated
- NotMining - Unrated
- Nucleon - Clean
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Opera - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- SecureBrain - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Sophos - Unrated
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopBadware - Unrated
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Tencent - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Virusdie External Site Scan - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Web Security Guard - Clean
- Webutation - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZCloudsec - Clean
- ZDB Zeus - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- Zerofox - Clean
- ZeusTracker - Clean
- zvelo - Clean
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekeruncategorized
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
BISTRO 101 NEW AMERICAN COMFORT FOOD FROM THE HEART OF CANTON
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
BISTRO 101
- 02
NEW AMERICAN COMFORT FOOD FROM THE HEART OF CANTON
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Bistro 101
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/historyRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Bistro 101
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 014.7-star rating from 386 reviews on Birdeye.
- 02Address on site matches third-party listings.
- 03Domain registered 4,819 days ago.
Web research findings
Independent findings for thebistro101.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainthebistro101.com
- Redirects towww.thebistro101.com
- Hosted bySquarespace, Inc.
- Referencesimages.squarespace-cdn.com · use.typekit.net
Domain Timeline
- Aug 2, 2013Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 13 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 13, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
thebistro101.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.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
- Phone number listed (309.647.2233).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for www.thebistro101.com.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Adobe Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
- Square
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://thebistro101.com/
- 2206https://www.thebistro101.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No direct contact email found on the captured page. · No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 67 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Sep 23, 2018 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Independent research | 3 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 13, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 67 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Sep 23, 2018
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 13, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 13, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 13, 2026
- Independent research
- Result3 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 13, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Bistro 101 is the legitimate website for a long-established restaurant in Canton, Illinois.
The site serves as the online presence for a physical steakhouse at 101 E Elm St, Canton, IL 61520. It has been registered since 2013 and maintains a 4.7-star rating across hundreds of independent reviews. The only commercial action is a link to purchase gift cards through Squareup.
09 · Community
Community
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