3 restaurants in New Brunswick list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Douglas Pizza & Grill at $16.19, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $18.50, and the dearest we found is $19.50 at Filippo's Famous Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $3.31 apart, which is 20% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge 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 New Brunswick is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 22 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 Somerset, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $9.50.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in New Brunswick? Douglas Pizza & Grill, at $16.19 on 298 George St. The same dish reaches $19.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $3.31.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $18.50 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in New Brunswick that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 0 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 Somerset, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $9.50. That is $6.69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick, NJ this page |
$16.19 | $18.50 | 3 |
| Somerset, NJ
Bella Pizza 2 · about 3 mi away |
$9.50 | $17.99 | 6 |
| Piscataway, NJ
Romano's Pizza Steaks & Subs · about 4 mi away |
$13.99 | $19.99 | 3 |
| East Brunswick, NJ
Michelangelo's Pizza · about 4 mi away |
$11.99 | $13.45 | 5 |
| Sayreville, NJ
La Rosetta Cafe · about 7 mi away |
$13.50 | $16.00 | 4 |
| Fords, NJ
Angelo's Pizza · about 8 mi away |
$13.00 | $14.50 | 3 |
| Avenel, NJ
JJ's Pizzeria · about 10 mi away |
$13.25 | $15.95 | 3 |
| Westfield, NJ
Outta Hand Pizza · about 12 mi away |
$11.95 | $17.95 | 5 |
| Linden, NJ
Two Tony's Pizza · about 14 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.75 | 5 |
| Manalapan Township, NJ
Emilio's Pizzeria · about 14 mi away |
$11.95 | $15.95 | 4 |
| Monroe Township, NJ
D & T Pizza Restaurant · about 17 mi away |
$11.50 | $15.50 | 3 |
| Elizabeth, NJ
Tommy's Pizzeria & Restaurant · about 17 mi away |
$11.50 | $14.00 | 5 |
| Middletown, NJ
Tre Colore Pizzeria · about 19 mi away |
$14.35 | $15.49 | 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 New Brunswick.