French Fries in Astoria

16 restaurants in Astoria list french fries on their menus. The cheapest is Sergio's Pizza & Gourmet Eatery at $4.00. The typical price across town is $6.95, and the dearest we found is $10.00 at Sac's Place, so the two ends of the list are $6.00 apart, which is 150% more for the same dish. Of the 16 kitchens listed, 4 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 7 sit within a dollar of it and 5 charge more than a dollar over.

We track french fries in 501 other areas and compare them all on french fries across United States. The typical price there runs $6.49 at the median, so Astoria is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 163 of the 501. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Big Tony's Pizza II in Chicago, IL, and the highest best price is $7.50 in Seaford, NY. The nearest area with it is Long Island City, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $4.40.

Where is the cheapest french fries in Astoria? Sergio's Pizza & Gourmet Eatery, at $4.00 on 4803 Ditmars Blvd. The same dish reaches $10.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.00.

What should french fries cost here? About $6.95 is the typical price across the 16 kitchens in Astoria that list it. Of the ones listed above, 4 are more than a dollar below that and 5 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 $4.40. That is $0.40 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.