5 restaurants in Elizabeth list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Tommy's Pizzeria & Restaurant at $11.50, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $14.00, and the dearest we found is $17.99 at LEO'S PIZZERIA, so the two ends of the list are $6.49 apart, which is 56% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.
We track pasta and meatballs in 115 other areas and compare them all on pasta and meatballs across United States. The typical price there runs $16.50 at the median, so Elizabeth is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 105 of the 115. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.00 at Prince of Pizza in Jersey City, NJ, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Boca Raton, FL. The nearest area with it is Linden, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $12.95.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Elizabeth? Tommy's Pizzeria & Restaurant, at $11.50 on 1063 Fairmount Ave. The same dish reaches $17.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.49.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $14.00 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Elizabeth that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is 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 Linden, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $12.95. That is $1.45 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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth, NJ this page |
$11.50 | $14.00 | 5 |
| Linden, NJ
Two Tony's Pizza · about 3 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.75 | 5 |
| Avenel, NJ
JJ's Pizzeria · about 7 mi away |
$13.25 | $15.95 | 3 |
| Westfield, NJ
Outta Hand Pizza · about 7 mi away |
$11.95 | $17.95 | 5 |
| Bloomfield, NJ
Turtle's Pizzeria · about 10 mi away |
$16.00 | $19.60 | 4 |
| Fords, NJ
Angelo's Pizza · about 11 mi away |
$13.00 | $14.50 | 3 |
| Lyndhurst, NJ
Pizza Lino · about 11 mi away |
$8.95 | $16.15 | 5 |
| Union City, NJ
UC Pizza · about 12 mi away |
$10.99 | $17.00 | 3 |
| Weehawken, NJ
Michael's Pizza & Wings · about 12 mi away |
$11.00 | $15.99 | 3 |
| New York, NY
Flaco's Pizza · about 12 mi away |
$9.50 | $15.25 | 61 |
| Piscataway, NJ
Romano's Pizza Steaks & Subs · about 15 mi away |
$13.99 | $19.99 | 3 |
| Long Island City, NY
La Mia Pizza · about 15 mi away |
$14.50 | $16.95 | 3 |
| Little Falls, NJ
Pizza & Sandwich Express · about 15 mi away |
$14.95 | $16.99 | 3 |
Items are grouped by dish, so names vary a little between restaurants. Each price is what that menu listed on the date shown beside it, not a daily special, so a restaurant may have changed it since. The typical price is the middle of every price we hold for this dish in Elizabeth.