Lentil Soup in Jersey City

7 restaurants in Jersey City list lentil soup on their menus. The cheapest is Georgio's Pizzeria at $5.00. The typical price across town is $6.99, and the dearest we found is $9.00 at Uncle Momo, so the two ends of the list are $4.00 apart, which is 80% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 3 charge more than a dollar over.

We track lentil soup in 15 other areas and compare them all on lentil soup across United States. The typical price there runs $8.27 at the median, so Jersey City is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 14 of the 15. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.99 at Perfecto Pizza in Jamaica, NY, and the highest best price is $8.02 in Massapequa Park, NY. The nearest area with it is Metuchen, about 24 mi away, where the best price is $6.50.

Where is the cheapest lentil soup in Jersey City? Georgio's Pizzeria, at $5.00 on 337 W Side Ave. The same dish reaches $9.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $4.00.

What should lentil soup cost here? About $6.99 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Jersey City that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 3 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 Metuchen, about 24 mi away, where the best price is $6.50. That is $1.50 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.