7 restaurants in Meriden list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Bella Luna Pizza & Ristorante at $12.02, listed as Pasta with Meatballs Lunch. The typical price across town is $15.00, and the dearest we found is $16.50 at Empire Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $4.48 apart, which is 37% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 4 sit within a dollar of it and 1 charges 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 Meriden is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 90 of the 115. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.00 at Prince of Pizza in Jersey City, NJ, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Boca Raton, FL. The nearest area with it is Southington, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $16.00.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Meriden? Bella Luna Pizza & Ristorante, at $12.02 on 361 Liberty St. The same dish reaches $16.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $4.48.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $15.00 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Meriden that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 1 is 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 Southington, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $16.00. That is $3.98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meriden, CT this page |
$12.02 | $15.00 | 7 |
| Southington, CT
Riverbend Pizza · about 7 mi away |
$16.00 | $18.40 | 4 |
| New Britain, CT
Adinas Pizzeria · about 10 mi away |
$9.90 | $15.49 | 6 |
| North Haven, CT
Mama Rosa's Pizza · about 10 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.35 | 3 |
| Waterbury, CT
Pie Guys · about 12 mi away |
$12.65 | $17.65 | 4 |
| Bristol, CT
Empire Pizza & Grill · about 12 mi away |
$12.95 | $15.25 | 6 |
| East Hartford, CT
C&E Pizza Restaurant · about 19 mi away |
$12.99 | $15.50 | 6 |
| West Haven, CT
Falcon Pizza · about 19 mi away |
$14.25 | $17.99 | 4 |
| Shelton, CT
The Pizza Box · about 23 mi away |
$14.70 | $20.00 | 4 |
| Litchfield, CT
Litchfield Pizza · about 25 mi away |
$14.95 | $19.95 | 3 |
| Windsor Locks, CT
Village Pizza · about 28 mi away |
$14.50 | $18.95 | 4 |
| Newtown, CT
Franco's Pizza & Pasta · about 28 mi away |
$12.50 | $16.70 | 3 |
| Bridgeport, CT
Beverly Pizza House · about 32 mi away |
$11.20 | $14.99 | 5 |
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 Meriden.