Cheesesteak Sandwich in Bethlehem

8 restaurants in Bethlehem list cheesesteak sandwich on their menus. The cheapest is Stefko Pizza at $8.99. The typical price across town is $11.16, and the dearest we found is $15.00 at Sotto Santi Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $6.01 apart, which is 67% more for the same dish. Of the 8 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 2 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 $12.00 at the median, so Bethlehem is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 15 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 Hellertown, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $8.65.

Where is the cheapest cheesesteak sandwich in Bethlehem? Stefko Pizza, at $8.99 on 2115 Stefko Blvd. The same dish reaches $15.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.01.

What should cheesesteak sandwich cost here? About $11.16 is the typical price across the 8 kitchens in Bethlehem that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 are more than a dollar below that and 2 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 $8.65. That is $0.34 less than the best here, though whether that is worth the journey is your call.

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.