Parmigiana in Emmaus

4 restaurants in Emmaus list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Capo & Co at $14.00, listed as Chicken Parm. The typical price across town is $19.99, and the dearest we found is $23.99 at Bell Pizza 2, so the two ends of the list are $9.99 apart, which is 71% 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 732 other areas and compare them all on parmigiana across United States. The typical price there runs $18.49 at the median, so Emmaus is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 200 of the 732. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.60 at Savarona Pizzeria & Restaurant in Shirley, NY, and the highest best price is $24.95 in Mount Sinai, NY. The nearest area with it is Coopersburg, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $15.20.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Emmaus? Capo & Co, at $14.00 on 1375 Chestnut St. The same dish reaches $23.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.99.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $19.99 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Emmaus 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 Coopersburg, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $15.20. That is $1.20 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.