Calzone in Bethlehem

16 restaurants in Bethlehem list calzone on their menus. The cheapest is Fratelli Pizzeria & Cafe at $8.00, listed as Cheese Calzone. The typical price across town is $12.50, and the dearest we found is $21.99 at Napoli Pizza & Italian Cuisine, so the two ends of the list are $13.99 apart, which is 175% more for the same dish. Of the 16 kitchens listed, 7 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 4 sit within a dollar of it and 5 charge more than a dollar over.

We track calzone in 747 other areas and compare them all on calzone across United States. The typical price there runs $12.99 at the median, so Bethlehem is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 449 of the 747. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Catania's Pizza in Yonkers, NY, and the highest best price is $15.99 in Eustis, FL. The nearest area with it is Hellertown, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $13.95.

Where is the cheapest calzone in Bethlehem? Fratelli Pizzeria & Cafe, at $8.00 on 1230 N New St. The same dish reaches $21.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $13.99.

What should calzone cost here? About $12.50 is the typical price across the 16 kitchens in Bethlehem that list it. Of the ones listed above, 7 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 Hellertown, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $13.95. That is $5.95 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.