Lasagna in Los Angeles

32 restaurants in Los Angeles list lasagna on their menus. The cheapest is Pizzamania LA at $10.00. The typical price across town is $17.00, and the dearest we found is $32.00 at Wood & Water, so the two ends of the list are $22.00 apart, which is 220% more for the same dish. Of the 32 kitchens listed, 11 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 9 sit within a dollar of it and 12 charge more than a dollar over.

We track lasagna in 609 other areas and compare them all on lasagna across United States. The typical price there runs $17.50 at the median, so Los Angeles is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 323 of the 609. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.00 at Vitale's Sports Bar Ada in Grand Rapids, MI, and the highest best price is $26.00 in Memphis, TN. The nearest area with it is Culver City, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $13.50.

Where is the cheapest lasagna in Los Angeles? Pizzamania LA, at $10.00 on 7008 S San Pedro St. The same dish reaches $32.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $22.00.

What should lasagna cost here? About $17.00 is the typical price across the 32 kitchens in Los Angeles that list it. Of the ones listed above, 11 are more than a dollar below that and 12 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 Culver City, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $13.50. That is $3.50 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.