4 restaurants in Holyoke list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Capri Pizza at $16.95, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $18.57, and the dearest we found is $19.95 at Paramount Pizza Slices, so the two ends of the list are $3.00 apart, which is 18% 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 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 Holyoke is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 21 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 Chicopee, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $17.25.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Holyoke? Capri Pizza, at $16.95 on 18 Cabot St. The same dish reaches $19.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $3.00.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $18.57 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Holyoke 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 Chicopee, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $17.25. That is $0.30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holyoke, MA this page |
$16.95 | $18.57 | 4 |
| Chicopee, MA
John's Pizzeria & Restaurant · about 3 mi away |
$17.25 | $18.99 | 4 |
| Windsor Locks, CT
Village Pizza · about 19 mi away |
$14.50 | $18.95 | 4 |
| East Hartford, CT
C&E Pizza Restaurant · about 30 mi away |
$12.99 | $15.50 | 6 |
| New Britain, CT
Adinas Pizzeria · about 37 mi away |
$9.90 | $15.49 | 6 |
| Bristol, CT
Empire Pizza & Grill · about 39 mi away |
$12.95 | $15.25 | 6 |
| Worcester, MA
Restaurant Pizza Works · about 42 mi away |
$10.99 | $12.95 | 8 |
| Southington, CT
Riverbend Pizza · about 42 mi away |
$16.00 | $18.40 | 4 |
| Litchfield, CT
Litchfield Pizza · about 43 mi away |
$14.95 | $19.95 | 3 |
| Meriden, CT
Bella Luna Pizza & Ristorante · about 47 mi away |
$12.02 | $15.00 | 7 |
| Waterbury, CT
Pie Guys · about 49 mi away |
$12.65 | $17.65 | 4 |
| North Haven, CT
Mama Rosa's Pizza · about 57 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.35 | 3 |
| Woonsocket, RI
MVP Pizzeria · about 59 mi away |
$10.99 | $12.99 | 5 |
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 Holyoke.