Shrimp Scampi in Allentown

18 restaurants in Allentown list shrimp scampi on their menus. The cheapest is The Dime at $18.00. The typical price across town is $22.09, and the dearest we found is $32.50 at The Crust Pizzeria & Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $14.50 apart, which is 81% more for the same dish. Of the 18 kitchens listed, 6 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 5 sit within a dollar of it and 7 charge more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp scampi in 272 other areas and compare them all on shrimp scampi across United States. The typical price there runs $23.00 at the median, so Allentown is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 165 of the 272. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.99 at Via Italian Table in Worcester, MA, and the highest best price is $32.00 in Red Bank, NJ. The nearest area with it is Bethlehem, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $20.39.

Where is the cheapest shrimp scampi in Allentown? The Dime, at $18.00 on 12 N 7th St. The same dish reaches $32.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $14.50.

What should shrimp scampi cost here? About $22.09 is the typical price across the 18 kitchens in Allentown that list it. Of the ones listed above, 6 are more than a dollar below that and 7 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 Bethlehem, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $20.39. That is $2.39 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.