Parmigiana in East Meadow

4 restaurants in East Meadow list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Antonios Pizzeria I / Kensington Pies 1 at $9.75. The typical price across town is $22.95, and the dearest we found is $26.95 at Ciro's Pizzeria & Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $17.20 apart, which is 176% 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 parmigiana in 730 other areas and compare them all on parmigiana across United States. The typical price there runs $18.49 at the median, so East Meadow is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 66 of the 730. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Lione's Pizza in Downingtown, PA, and the highest best price is $24.95 in Mount Sinai, NY. The nearest area with it is Uniondale, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $15.00.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in East Meadow? Antonios Pizzeria I / Kensington Pies 1, at $9.75 on 548 E Meadow Ave. The same dish reaches $26.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $17.20.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $22.95 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in East Meadow 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 Uniondale, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $15.00. That is $5.25 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.