Parmigiana in Astoria

21 restaurants in Astoria list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Sergio's Pizza & Gourmet Eatery at $10.00, listed as Chicken Parmigiana. The typical price across town is $20.50, and the dearest we found is $29.00 at Pronto Pizzeria, so the two ends of the list are $19.00 apart, which is 190% more for the same dish. Of the 21 kitchens listed, 9 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 6 sit within a dollar of it and 6 charge more than a dollar over.

We track parmigiana in 730 other areas and compare them all on parmigiana across United States. The typical price there runs $18.49 at the median, so Astoria is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 164 of the 730. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Lione's Pizza in Downingtown, PA, and the highest best price is $24.95 in Mount Sinai, NY. The nearest area with it is Long Island City, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $15.40.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Astoria? Sergio's Pizza & Gourmet Eatery, at $10.00 on 4803 Ditmars Blvd. The same dish reaches $29.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $19.00.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $20.50 is the typical price across the 21 kitchens in Astoria that list it. Of the ones listed above, 9 are more than a dollar below that and 6 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 Long Island City, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $15.40. That is $5.40 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.