Cheesesteak Sandwich in Bayonne

4 restaurants in Bayonne list cheesesteak sandwich on their menus. The cheapest is Mike's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant at $8.50. The typical price across town is $15.99, and the dearest we found is $16.95 at Bayonne Patio Bar & Grille, so the two ends of the list are $8.45 apart, which is 99% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track cheesesteak sandwich in 22 other areas and compare them all on cheesesteak sandwich across United States. The typical price there runs $11.99 at the median, so Bayonne is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 1 of the 22. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.25 at Pizzariffic in Reading, PA, and the highest best price is $11.99 in Williamstown, NJ. The nearest area with it is Fords, about 14 mi away, where the best price is $8.80.

Where is the cheapest cheesesteak sandwich in Bayonne? Mike's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant, at $8.50 on 474 Avenue C. The same dish reaches $16.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $8.45.

What should cheesesteak sandwich cost here? About $15.99 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Bayonne that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 0 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 Fords, about 14 mi away, where the best price is $8.80. That is $0.30 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.