7 restaurants in Jersey City list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Prince of Pizza at $8.00, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $14.25, and the dearest we found is $22.62 at Krispy Pizza Jersey City, so the two ends of the list are $14.62 apart, which is 183% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge 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 Jersey City is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 104 of the 115. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.95 at Pizza Lino in Lyndhurst, NJ, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Boca Raton, FL. The nearest area with it is Morristown, about 6 mi away, where the best price is $10.95.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Jersey City? Prince of Pizza, at $8.00 on 763 Bergen Ave. The same dish reaches $22.62 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $14.62.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $14.25 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 2 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 Morristown, about 6 mi away, where the best price is $10.95. That is $2.95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey City, NJ this page |
$8.00 | $14.25 | 7 |
| Morristown, NJ
A Legna Wood Fire Pizza · about 6 mi away |
$10.95 | $17.50 | 3 |
| Hackettstown, NJ
Frank's Trattoria · about 13 mi away |
$10.36 | $16.43 | 4 |
| Newton, NJ
Amato's Pizzeria · about 16 mi away |
$10.50 | $16.95 | 4 |
| Little Falls, NJ
Pizza & Sandwich Express · about 18 mi away |
$14.95 | $16.99 | 3 |
| Westfield, NJ
Outta Hand Pizza · about 18 mi away |
$11.95 | $17.95 | 5 |
| Bloomfield, NJ
Turtle's Pizzeria · about 20 mi away |
$16.00 | $19.60 | 4 |
| Piscataway, NJ
Romano's Pizza Steaks & Subs · about 22 mi away |
$13.99 | $19.99 | 3 |
| Linden, NJ
Two Tony's Pizza · about 23 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.75 | 5 |
| Elizabeth, NJ
Tommy's Pizzeria & Restaurant · about 23 mi away |
$11.50 | $14.00 | 5 |
| Somerset, NJ
Bella Pizza 2 · about 24 mi away |
$9.50 | $17.99 | 6 |
| Lyndhurst, NJ
Pizza Lino · about 24 mi away |
$8.95 | $16.15 | 5 |
| Avenel, NJ
JJ's Pizzeria · about 24 mi away |
$13.25 | $15.95 | 3 |
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 Jersey City.