Calamari Fritti in Miami

5 restaurants in Miami list calamari fritti on their menus. The cheapest is The River Oyster Bar at $12.00. The typical price across town is $17.00, and the dearest we found is $19.00 at North Italia Dadeland, so the two ends of the list are $7.00 apart, which is 58% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track calamari fritti in 6 other areas and compare them all on calamari fritti across United States. The typical price there runs $17.98 at the median, so Miami is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 3 of the 6. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $11.00 at Belmont Pizzeria in Richmond, VA, and the highest best price is $17.95 in Red Bank, NJ. The nearest area with it is Key West, about 125 mi away, where the best price is $13.95.

Where is the cheapest calamari fritti in Miami? The River Oyster Bar, at $12.00 on 33 Southeast 7th Street. The same dish reaches $19.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $7.00.

What should calamari fritti cost here? About $17.00 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Miami that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are 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 Key West, about 125 mi away, where the best price is $13.95. That is $1.95 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.