5 restaurants in Middletown list piccata on their menus. The cheapest is Newfield Pizza at $14.00, listed as Chicken Piccata. The typical price across town is $19.71, and the dearest we found is $25.15 at Big Cheese Pizza & Grinders, so the two ends of the list are $11.15 apart, which is 80% 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 piccata in 154 other areas and compare them all on piccata across United States. The typical price there runs $22.00 at the median, so Middletown is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 123 of the 154. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $9.95 at Joe's Pizza, Pasta & Subs in Fort Worth, TX, and the highest best price is $26.50 in Hampton Bays, NY. The nearest area with it is North Haven, about 15 mi away, where the best price is $17.95.
Where is the cheapest piccata in Middletown? Newfield Pizza, at $14.00 on 558 Newfield St. The same dish reaches $25.15 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $11.15.
What should piccata cost here? About $19.71 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Middletown 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 North Haven, about 15 mi away, where the best price is $17.95. That is $3.95 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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown, CT this page |
$14.00 | $19.71 | 5 |
| North Haven, CT
Mama Rosa's Pizza · about 15 mi away |
$17.95 | $24.00 | 4 |
| Naugatuck, CT
Vinny's Restaurant & Pizzeria · about 21 mi away |
$19.00 | $21.59 | 3 |
| Shelton, CT
Shelton Pizza Palace · about 30 mi away |
$15.95 | $22.99 | 7 |
| Torrington, CT
Frank's Pizza Restaurant · about 30 mi away |
$21.95 | $23.99 | 4 |
| Milford, CT
Pancho's Pizza · about 31 mi away |
$16.50 | $22.95 | 4 |
| Stratford, CT
Big Jim's Galley · about 35 mi away |
$13.00 | $20.00 | 5 |
| Newtown, CT
Franco's Pizza & Pasta · about 36 mi away |
$17.50 | $21.50 | 6 |
| Fairfield, CT
Planet Pizza · about 41 mi away |
$24.99 | $26.00 | 3 |
| Miller Place, NY
Rubino Pizza Restaurant · about 46 mi away |
$24.50 | $25.95 | 3 |
| Hampton Bays, NY
Francesca's Pizza & Restaurant · about 48 mi away |
$26.50 | $29.00 | 3 |
| Norwalk, CT
Slice of Italy · about 50 mi away |
$21.99 | $25.50 | 5 |
| Brewster, NY
Country Kitchen Restaurant · about 50 mi away |
$22.00 | $24.00 | 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 Middletown.