Wings in Allentown

34 restaurants in Allentown list wings on their menus. The cheapest is Salvatore Ruffino's at $5.99, listed as Buffalo Wings. The typical price across town is $12.50, and the dearest we found is $24.25 at Biaggio Pizzeria & Family Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $18.26 apart, which is 305% more for the same dish. Of the 34 kitchens listed, 17 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 14 charge more than a dollar over.

We track wings in 969 other areas and compare them all on wings across United States. The typical price there runs $12.99 at the median, so Allentown is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 526 of the 969. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Uno Pizza in Philadelphia, PA, and the highest best price is $17.55 in Paramus, NJ. The nearest area with it is Catasauqua, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $7.00.

Where is the cheapest wings in Allentown? Salvatore Ruffino's, at $5.99 on 1902 Allen St. The same dish reaches $24.25 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $18.26.

What should wings cost here? About $12.50 is the typical price across the 34 kitchens in Allentown that list it. Of the ones listed above, 17 are more than a dollar below that and 14 are more than a dollar above, so the typical price is a middle rather than a floor.

Is it cheaper nearby? The nearest area we track it in is Catasauqua, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $7.00. That is $1.01 more than the best price here.

Why do the prices differ so much? We compare what each menu calls the same dish, and menus are not identical: portion, cut, sides and the kind of room you are sitting in all ride on the price, and none of that shows up in a number. Part portions and half sizes are kept out of this comparison, and a chain charging the same at several addresses is counted once, so the spread above is between genuinely different kitchens rather than the same one repeated.