Parmigiana in Hartford

11 restaurants in Hartford list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Aladdin Halal at $9.99, listed as Eggplant Parmesan. The typical price across town is $15.00, and the dearest we found is $23.00 at Adriatic Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $13.01 apart, which is 130% more for the same dish. Of the 11 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 4 sit within a dollar of it and 4 charge 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 Hartford is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 641 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 West Hartford, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $16.35.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Hartford? Aladdin Halal, at $9.99 on 100 Allyn St. The same dish reaches $23.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $13.01.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $15.00 is the typical price across the 11 kitchens in Hartford that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 are more than a dollar below that and 4 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 West Hartford, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $16.35. That is $6.36 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.