Shrimp Scampi in Maspeth

5 restaurants in Maspeth list shrimp scampi on their menus. The cheapest is Bella Donna Pizzeria Maspeth at $14.75. The typical price across town is $24.50, and the dearest we found is $30.95 at O Neil's, so the two ends of the list are $16.20 apart, which is 110% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp scampi in 272 other areas and compare them all on shrimp scampi across United States. The typical price there runs $23.00 at the median, so Maspeth is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 82 of the 272. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.99 at Via Italian Table in Worcester, MA, and the highest best price is $32.00 in Red Bank, NJ. The nearest area with it is Ridgewood, about 1 mi away, where the best price is $21.50.

Where is the cheapest shrimp scampi in Maspeth? Bella Donna Pizzeria Maspeth, at $14.75 on 6091 54th St. The same dish reaches $30.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $16.20.

What should shrimp scampi cost here? About $24.50 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Maspeth that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is 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 Ridgewood, about 1 mi away, where the best price is $21.50. That is $6.75 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.