4 restaurants in Newton list stuffed shells on their menus. The cheapest is Amato's Pizzeria at $9.50, listed as Stuffed Shells Lunch. The typical price across town is $16.95, and the dearest we found is $21.95 at Bella Italia Ristorante & Pizzeria, so the two ends of the list are $12.45 apart, which is 131% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 1 charges 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 stuffed shells in 250 other areas and compare them all on stuffed shells across United States. The typical price there runs $16.45 at the median, so Newton is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 97 of the 250. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.50 at Mr P Pizza & Pasta in North Wales, PA, and the highest best price is $20.10 in West Springfield, MA. The nearest area with it is Hackettstown, about 14 mi away, where the best price is $10.36.
Where is the cheapest stuffed shells in Newton? Amato's Pizzeria, at $9.50 on 55 Mill St. The same dish reaches $21.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $12.45.
What should stuffed shells cost here? About $16.95 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Newton 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 Hackettstown, about 14 mi away, where the best price is $10.36. That is $0.86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton, NJ this page |
$9.50 | $16.95 | 4 |
| Hackettstown, NJ
Frank's Trattoria · about 14 mi away |
$10.36 | $14.27 | 5 |
| Dover, NJ
Table 42 / Restaurant 42 · about 15 mi away |
$13.60 | $17.09 | 3 |
| Rockaway, NJ
Frank's Pizza · about 15 mi away |
$13.00 | $17.99 | 3 |
| Jersey City, NJ
Prince of Pizza · about 16 mi away |
$8.00 | $12.00 | 10 |
| Boonton, NJ
Pasquale's Pizza · about 20 mi away |
$14.50 | $17.50 | 3 |
| Morristown, NJ
Morris Pizzeria · about 22 mi away |
$11.85 | $14.00 | 4 |
| Washington, NJ
Mo Dough Pizza & Italian Cucina · about 23 mi away |
$10.50 | $15.25 | 4 |
| Wayne, NJ
Primo Pizza · about 27 mi away |
$11.95 | $14.99 | 5 |
| Bedminster, NJ
Pizza Brothers Bedminster · about 27 mi away |
$15.00 | $20.25 | 3 |
| Pen Argyl, PA
Pen Argyl Pizza · about 29 mi away |
$15.95 | $16.99 | 3 |
| Little Falls, NJ
Pizza & Sandwich Express · about 29 mi away |
$13.95 | $19.75 | 4 |
| Ramsey, NJ
Johnny's Pizza & Restaurant · about 32 mi away |
$16.00 | $17.95 | 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 Newton.