Shrimp Marinara in Montclair

3 restaurants in Montclair list shrimp marinara on their menus. The cheapest is Mr. Dino's at $22.25. The typical price across town is $24.00, and the dearest we found is $26.00 at Leone's, so the two ends of the list are $3.75 apart, which is 17% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp marinara in 58 other areas and compare them all on shrimp marinara across United States. The typical price there runs $22.95 at the median, so Montclair is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 19 of the 58. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $11.99 at Little Italy Annapolis in Annapolis, MD, and the highest best price is $26.95 in Farmingdale, NY. The nearest area with it is Little Falls, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $23.00.

Where is the cheapest shrimp marinara in Montclair? Mr. Dino's, at $22.25 on 119 Watchung Ave. The same dish reaches $26.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $3.75.

What should shrimp marinara cost here? About $24.00 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Montclair that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is 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 Little Falls, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $23.00. That is $0.75 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.