4 restaurants in Forked River list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Little Italy Pizza at $14.50, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $17.95, and the dearest we found is $18.00 at Conca D'oro, so the two ends of the list are $3.50 apart, which is 24% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 0 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 Forked River is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 33 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 Barnegat, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $15.15.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Forked River? Little Italy Pizza, at $14.50 on 15 Lacey Rd. The same dish reaches $18.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $3.50.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $17.95 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Forked River that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 0 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 Barnegat, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $15.15. That is $0.65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forked River, NJ this page |
$14.50 | $17.95 | 4 |
| Barnegat, NJ
Racaniello's Pizzeria · about 7 mi away |
$15.15 | $16.99 | 3 |
| Toms River, NJ
Attilio's Pizza · about 10 mi away |
$10.00 | $15.95 | 12 |
| Brick Township, NJ
Serpico's Pizza · about 16 mi away |
$15.00 | $16.65 | 5 |
| Point Pleasant, NJ
Maria's Pizza Point Pleasant · about 17 mi away |
$16.95 | $19.00 | 3 |
| Jackson, NJ
C & R's Pizza Ristorante · about 20 mi away |
$11.00 | $16.20 | 3 |
| Browns Mills, NJ
Alba Pizza · about 21 mi away |
$14.75 | $15.99 | 3 |
| Oakhurst, NJ
Luigis Square Pizza · about 30 mi away |
$15.95 | $16.99 | 3 |
| West Long Branch, NJ
Serpico's Pizza · about 32 mi away |
$14.00 | $16.50 | 3 |
| Manalapan Township, NJ
Emilio's Pizzeria · about 33 mi away |
$11.95 | $15.95 | 4 |
| Monroe Township, NJ
D & T Pizza Restaurant · about 33 mi away |
$11.50 | $15.50 | 3 |
| Medford, NJ
Femmina Italian Grill · about 34 mi away |
$15.99 | $19.00 | 7 |
| Bordentown, NJ
Italy Fresh Pizza and Restaurant · about 34 mi away |
$17.00 | $19.10 | 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 Forked River.