Shrimp Fra Diavolo in Forked River

5 restaurants in Forked River list shrimp fra diavolo on their menus. The cheapest is Little Italy Pizza at $14.95. The typical price across town is $22.95, and the dearest we found is $28.95 at 3 Flags Grill & Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $14.00 apart, which is 94% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp fra diavolo in 68 other areas and compare them all on shrimp fra diavolo across United States. The typical price there runs $23.75 at the median, so Forked River is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 43 of the 68. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $12.00 at Basil Cucina & Catering in New York, NY, and the highest best price is $32.00 in Red Bank, NJ. The nearest area with it is Barnegat, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $18.95.

Where is the cheapest shrimp fra diavolo in Forked River? Little Italy Pizza, at $14.95 on 15 Lacey Rd. The same dish reaches $28.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $14.00.

What should shrimp fra diavolo cost here? About $22.95 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Forked River that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are 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 Barnegat, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $18.95. That is $4.00 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.