Spaghetti And Meatballs in Indianapolis

3 restaurants in Indianapolis list spaghetti and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Luca Pizza Di Roma at $9.96, listed as Spaghetti & Meatballs. The typical price across town is $12.09, and the dearest we found is $12.95 at Giorgio's Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $2.99 apart, which is 30% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges 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 spaghetti and meatballs in 215 other areas and compare them all on spaghetti and meatballs across United States. The typical price there runs $15.99 at the median, so Indianapolis is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 208 of the 215. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.40 at Pavone's Pizza in Syracuse, NY, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Delray Beach, FL. The nearest area with it is Champaign, about 115 mi away, where the best price is $10.00.

Where is the cheapest spaghetti and meatballs in Indianapolis? Luca Pizza Di Roma, at $9.96 on 6020 E 82nd St. The same dish reaches $12.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $2.99.

What should spaghetti and meatballs cost here? About $12.09 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Indianapolis that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is 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 Champaign, about 115 mi away, where the best price is $10.00. That is $0.04 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.