Spaghetti And Meatballs in Los Angeles

25 restaurants in Los Angeles list spaghetti and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Andy's Pizzeria Mexican Food at $11.43, listed as Spaghetti with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $17.00, and the dearest we found is $26.95 at Frankie's on Melrose, so the two ends of the list are $15.52 apart, which is 136% more for the same dish. Of the 25 kitchens listed, 9 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 8 sit within a dollar of it and 8 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 Los Angeles is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 71 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 West Hollywood, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $18.95.

Where is the cheapest spaghetti and meatballs in Los Angeles? Andy's Pizzeria Mexican Food, at $11.43 on 6700 S Central Ave. The same dish reaches $26.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $15.52.

What should spaghetti and meatballs cost here? About $17.00 is the typical price across the 25 kitchens in Los Angeles that list it. Of the ones listed above, 9 are more than a dollar below that and 8 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 West Hollywood, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $18.95. That is $7.52 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.