Mozzarella Sticks in Oakland

5 restaurants in Oakland list mozzarella sticks on their menus. The cheapest is The Pizza Boyz (100% Halal) at $5.99. The typical price across town is $7.25, and the dearest we found is $9.99 at Mountain Mike's Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $4.00 apart, which is 67% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track mozzarella sticks in 701 other areas and compare them all on mozzarella sticks across United States. The typical price there runs $9.90 at the median, so Oakland is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 690 of the 701. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Master's Pizza in New York, NY, and the highest best price is $11.28 in Lake Grove, NY. The nearest area with it is Alameda, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $7.80.

Where is the cheapest mozzarella sticks in Oakland? The Pizza Boyz (100% Halal), at $5.99 on 4166 MacArthur Blvd. The same dish reaches $9.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $4.00.

What should mozzarella sticks cost here? About $7.25 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Oakland that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 2 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 Alameda, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $7.80. That is $1.81 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.