Fettuccini Alfredo in Des Moines

4 restaurants in Des Moines list fettuccini alfredo on their menus. The cheapest is Simon's at $8.00. The typical price across town is $18.99, and the dearest we found is $23.74 at Felix & Oscar's Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $15.74 apart, which is 197% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.

We track fettuccini alfredo in 2 other areas and compare them all on fettuccini alfredo across United States. The typical price there runs $21.90 at the median, so Des Moines is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 2 of the 2. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $14.95 at Mario's Pizza Restaurant in White Plains, NY, and the highest best price is $16.00 in Somerset, NJ. The nearest area with it is Somerset, about 997 mi away, where the best price is $16.00.

Where is the cheapest fettuccini alfredo in Des Moines? Simon's, at $8.00 on 5800 Franklin Avenue. The same dish reaches $23.74 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $15.74.

What should fettuccini alfredo cost here? About $18.99 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Des Moines that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 1 is 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 Somerset, about 997 mi away, where the best price is $16.00. That is $8.00 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.