Calzone in Palmerton

3 restaurants in Palmerton list calzone on their menus. The cheapest is Papa Al's at $11.95. The typical price across town is $16.95, and the dearest we found is $20.85 at Tony's Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $8.90 apart, which is 74% 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 calzone in 747 other areas and compare them all on calzone across United States. The typical price there runs $12.99 at the median, so Palmerton is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 35 of the 747. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Catania's Pizza in Yonkers, NY, and the highest best price is $15.99 in Eustis, FL. The nearest area with it is Slatington, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $14.99.

Where is the cheapest calzone in Palmerton? Papa Al's, at $11.95 on 346 Delaware Ave. The same dish reaches $20.85 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $8.90.

What should calzone cost here? About $16.95 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Palmerton 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 Slatington, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $14.99. That is $3.04 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.