3 restaurants in Newtown list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Franco's Pizza & Pasta at $12.50, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $16.70, and the dearest we found is $17.95 at Papa Al's Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $5.45 apart, which is 44% 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 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 Newtown is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 55 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 Shelton, about 13 mi away, where the best price is $14.70.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Newtown? Franco's Pizza & Pasta, at $12.50 on 228 S Main St. The same dish reaches $17.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $5.45.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $16.70 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Newtown 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 Shelton, about 13 mi away, where the best price is $14.70. That is $2.20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown, CT this page |
$12.50 | $16.70 | 3 |
| Shelton, CT
The Pizza Box · about 13 mi away |
$14.70 | $20.00 | 4 |
| Bridgeport, CT
Beverly Pizza House · about 16 mi away |
$11.20 | $14.99 | 5 |
| Fairfield, CT
Captain's Pizza · about 16 mi away |
$17.25 | $21.00 | 3 |
| Westport, CT
Angelina's Trattoria · about 19 mi away |
$16.99 | $18.00 | 3 |
| Waterbury, CT
Pie Guys · about 19 mi away |
$12.65 | $17.65 | 4 |
| West Haven, CT
Falcon Pizza · about 21 mi away |
$14.25 | $17.99 | 4 |
| Mahopac, NY
Mario's Wood Fired Neapolitan Pizza & Pasta · about 22 mi away |
$9.95 | $17.99 | 4 |
| North Haven, CT
Mama Rosa's Pizza · about 24 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.35 | 3 |
| Litchfield, CT
Litchfield Pizza · about 25 mi away |
$14.95 | $19.95 | 3 |
| Yorktown Heights, NY
El Macho Pizzeria & Pasta · about 26 mi away |
$10.85 | $17.75 | 4 |
| Southington, CT
Riverbend Pizza · about 27 mi away |
$16.00 | $18.40 | 4 |
| Bristol, CT
Empire Pizza & Grill · about 28 mi away |
$12.95 | $15.25 | 6 |
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 Newtown.