Frank's Pizza & Pasta

Truly an ideal spot for a strong, classic offering:The restaurant is crowded--and rightfully so. The crust is crisp and light, the sauce is fresh and substantial, the cheese is cartoonishly gooey. For classic toppings and a definitive example of American pizza, this is it.

*Quality over Quantity*..Long review.Placed a pick up order via Toast Tab, 2 cheese slices and 1 cheese steak with green peppers and fried onions. The initial wait was 1.5hrs. When arrived, there is no where to park; folks are also waiting for their order. Popeyes has over flow. I walked in 10m before the order was said to be ready, thinking the 1.5 was the shop giving themselves grace and food would be ready to just pass out to customers.Wrong lolI didn't get to speak to anybody behind the counter for about 15m as it was complete chaos inside. Dine in orders, online pick up orders, delivery orders, and in store to go orders being filled at the same time? One has to go. The space is too small to do it all (with the hype).When I inquired about my order, I was informed slices cannot be accommodated due to size of oven with whole pizzas being made. Either I can take it off my order or get a small cheese pizza and pay the difference.I opted in for the small pizza as I already waited this long, what would it hurt? LOL. Waited another 20m for the small pizza to be done and that entire time the cheese steak was "still on the flattop".Cheese pizza: nice sauce, barely can taste the cheese, crust was tough. Cheese Steak: nice bread, No taste, onions and peppers large and did not mesh well. The cheese sauce was a bit loose so it didn't stick to the meat as much as you would have liked.While this was my first and probably only time visiting, for regulars-this moment in time will have lasting effects on future dining.

We came with a friend to Frank's Pizza and Pasta. Now, we came from Southwest B-more so we were like, "the food better be good!"We arrived and it was a small place with limited seating. We chose a cramped booth in the back, surrounded by empty, ready for takeout, pizza boxes. We placed our order (cheesesteak sub, chicken parm sub, and pepperoni pizza) at the counter and sat back in our booth waiting for it to be prepared.We were called when our order was ready and got our food and came back to the booth to eat.I asked for my sub on a seeded roll, which didn't do anything special for it flavor-wise. The steak filling was massive and we could only image what the double meat would have been like. The taste was good with a nice helping of Cooper cheddar cheese to give the sub the depth of flavor that was needed. Not half bad.The chicken parm sub, was massive drenched in a red sauce and lined with meaty cheese on a decent roll. It was good.The pepperoni pizza arrived piping hot. To avoid "roof of the mouth with hanging skin" we waiting a minute for things to cool down and then got into the pizza....nice fermented dough flavor with a smooth red sauce and pepperoni that were not overly salty...nice pizza.All in all, a great place to get a cheesesteak sub, chicken parm sub, and pepperoni pizza, but we definitely need to come back to try out more of the menu items.

On a quest to find the best cheesesteak in our area led me to Frank's. What I liked was it's a Mom & Pop shop with a massive menu & friendly customer service. It wasn't the best cheesesteak that I've had but certainly one I'd have again. My daughter gave her slices of pizza a 9, they were huge and filling. Frank's is tiny... quaint... not a lot of seating, but from my observation, they seem to have a good relationship with the community, remember their repeat customers, and on my way out, one customer raved to me about the quality of the food, including the sauce that they use on their pizza, and to me, that speaks volumes.

Stopped by here after seeing a review from David Portnoy. Sunday night and it was hopping. Lots of families sitting at small tables or 2 and 4 tops. It's first come first serve for seating. All of the foods that ever had st their tables looked exceptionally delicious. And the smells when you walk up to the restaurant are heavenly. We ordered a cheese pizza and a cheesesteak. The cashier with no hesitation said cheesesteak when I asked cheesesteak or wings so I went with the recommendation. Solid recommendation. So while I the cheesesteak was decent, the pizza was a stand out. Great crust, simple sauce and generous cheese. Our dinner was ready in 20 minutes which was faster than what was promised. There was a steady stream of people coming in to eat and pick up while we were there. All of the employees were kind, friendly and helpful. This is a great spot for a delicious freshly made meal. Definitely check it out!

First let me say the place was mobbed. They were churning out pizza and subs like an I Love Lucy episode. I wanted the steak and cheese ... but the wait was about an hour. And from what I saw, the wait was worth it. But the wait for a pizza was 20 minutes which they met. The pizza was "good", but nothing special. Pepperoni was not crisp and the peppers were "just thrown on top". The flavors were fine, but not memorable. Had the pie been cooked a little more there may have been better flavor. Overall, it was fine, but not memorable.

The picture I took of my cheeseteak does it no justice!I've unfortunately only heard of this place within this year. Makes me mad because I know I've been by this place literally hundreds of times! Guess better late than never.When you enter you'll notice that this place has been around a while just based off of the decor. Honestly, it's not a bad thing. It's one of those things where you know the food has to be good because of how the inside looks.There's a lot of hustle and bustle behind the counter and that's because there's a constant flow of customers coming and going. I see why now.I ordered just a plain cheeseteak. Nothing on it besides mushrooms. I wanted to try it "Philly style". This way i knew exactly how good it was. Next time I'll get the usual, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and mayo. I took the first bite and immediately knew i needed to take another bite to make sure I wasn't tripping. After the second bite, my suspicions were confirmed. This was the best cheesteak in the city! Seasoned well. Not too greasy. I barely lifted my head as I ate. I probably looked like an ostrich with my head down. Go get you some! You won't be disappointed. Matter of fact, tell me when you're going so we can go together.

El Presidente was spot on! Dave Portnoy was right, this pizza is amazing and the Philly cheesesteak is top 3 all time. There was a wait when I ordered but I'm sure just a product of the recent One Bite review. Lived up to the hype, worth the wait, can't wait to go back.

First time trying Frank's, i wanted to see what the hype was about and I ordered the Cheesesteak and Cheese fries and man, they sure live up to their expectations!! Everything was so fresh, flavorful & amazing. Will definitely be coming here again and will highly recommend it

Came here the same day as Dave Portnoy and can see why he rated it so highly. The sauce is my favorite part- the flavor is impeccable! This place is always so packed on Friday night but they were working hard slinging food as fast as they could! The pizza itself was good, I think the larger pies are better than the smaller ones for the proper dough to sauce and cheese ratio! Cute little shop and great vibes.