Calamari in Massapequa Park

3 restaurants in Massapequa Park list calamari on their menus. The cheapest is Fredo's Pizza & Pasta at $15.27, listed as Fried Calamari. The typical price across town is $20.90, and the dearest we found is $20.90 at Gino's of Tuscany, so the two ends of the list are $5.63 apart, which is 37% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track calamari in 493 other areas and compare them all on calamari across United States. The typical price there runs $15.42 at the median, so Massapequa Park is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 6 of the 493. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.50 at French Quarter Grille in Austin, TX, and the highest best price is $19.75 in Harwood Heights, IL. The nearest area with it is Massapequa, about 1 mi away, where the best price is $15.99.

Where is the cheapest calamari in Massapequa Park? Fredo's Pizza & Pasta, at $15.27 on 4855 Merrick Rd. The same dish reaches $20.90 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $5.63.

What should calamari cost here? About $20.90 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Massapequa Park that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 0 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 Massapequa, about 1 mi away, where the best price is $15.99. That is $0.72 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.