Calamari in Freedom Plains

3 restaurants in Freedom Plains list calamari on their menus. The cheapest is M & S Forno Pizzeria at $12.95, listed as Fried Calamari. The typical price across town is $14.50, and the dearest we found is $16.95 at Lola's Gourmet Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $4.00 apart, which is 31% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges 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 calamari in 493 other areas and compare them all on calamari across United States. The typical price there runs $15.45 at the median, so Freedom Plains is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 339 of the 493. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.50 at French Quarter Grille in Austin, TX, and the highest best price is $19.75 in Harwood Heights, IL. The nearest area with it is Hopewell Junction, about 6 mi away, where the best price is $14.50.

Where is the cheapest calamari in Freedom Plains? M & S Forno Pizzeria, at $12.95 on 1151 State Rte 55. The same dish reaches $16.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $4.00.

What should calamari cost here? About $14.50 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Freedom Plains that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is 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 Hopewell Junction, about 6 mi away, where the best price is $14.50. That is $1.55 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.