Meat Ravioli in Chicago

22 restaurants in Chicago list meat ravioli on their menus. The cheapest is Chuck's Pizza at $9.50. The typical price across town is $14.11, and the dearest we found is $18.00 at Ranalli's of Andersonville, so the two ends of the list are $8.50 apart, which is 89% more for the same dish. Of the 22 kitchens listed, 7 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 8 sit within a dollar of it and 7 charge more than a dollar over.

We track meat ravioli in 10 other areas and compare them all on meat ravioli across United States. The typical price there runs $14.99 at the median, so Chicago is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 6 of the 10. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $7.95 at Mario the Baker in Miami, FL, and the highest best price is $16.35 in West Hartford, CT. The nearest area with it is Nashville, about 397 mi away, where the best price is $11.99.

Where is the cheapest meat ravioli in Chicago? Chuck's Pizza, at $9.50 on 10123 S Western Ave. The same dish reaches $18.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $8.50.

What should meat ravioli cost here? About $14.11 is the typical price across the 22 kitchens in Chicago that list it. Of the ones listed above, 7 are more than a dollar below that and 7 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 Nashville, about 397 mi away, where the best price is $11.99. That is $2.49 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.