6 restaurants in Middletown list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Monroy's Pizza (Middletown) at $10.92, listed as Pasta with Meatballs Lunch. The typical price across town is $14.95, and the dearest we found is $17.50 at Badabing Pizzeria, so the two ends of the list are $6.58 apart, which is 60% more for the same dish. Of the 6 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 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 Middletown is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 98 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 Pine Bush, about 12 mi away, where the best price is $10.75.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Middletown? Monroy's Pizza (Middletown), at $10.92 on 670 NY-211. The same dish reaches $17.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.58.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $14.95 is the typical price across the 6 kitchens in Middletown that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 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 Pine Bush, about 12 mi away, where the best price is $10.75. That is $0.17 less than the best here, though whether that is worth the journey is your call.
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, NY this page |
$10.92 | $14.95 | 6 |
| Pine Bush, NY
Siena's Torteria Pizzeria · about 12 mi away |
$10.75 | $13.95 | 3 |
| New Windsor, NY
Midway's Villa Roma · about 19 mi away |
$9.95 | $14.99 | 4 |
| Wappingers Falls, NY
Giovanni's Pizza & Restaurant · about 28 mi away |
$11.99 | $15.95 | 3 |
| New City, NY
Paisano's Pizzeria · about 30 mi away |
$10.40 | $15.95 | 4 |
| Newton, NJ
Amato's Pizzeria · about 33 mi away |
$10.50 | $16.95 | 4 |
| Yorktown Heights, NY
El Macho Pizzeria & Pasta · about 34 mi away |
$10.85 | $17.75 | 4 |
| Mahopac, NY
Mario's Wood Fired Neapolitan Pizza & Pasta · about 35 mi away |
$9.95 | $17.99 | 4 |
| Thornwood, NY
Dino's Pizzeria · about 40 mi away |
$17.00 | $19.48 | 3 |
| Little Falls, NJ
Pizza & Sandwich Express · about 40 mi away |
$14.95 | $16.99 | 3 |
| Jersey City, NJ
Prince of Pizza · about 42 mi away |
$8.00 | $14.25 | 7 |
| White Plains, NY
Broadway Pizzeria · about 44 mi away |
$16.75 | $17.99 | 4 |
| Morristown, NJ
A Legna Wood Fire Pizza · about 45 mi away |
$10.95 | $17.50 | 3 |
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.