Cheesesteak Hoagie in Philadelphia

65 restaurants in Philadelphia list cheesesteak hoagie on their menus, and the 40 cheapest are listed above. The cheapest is Tony's Pizzeria at $7.95. The typical price across town is $13.80, and the dearest of the 40 listed is $14.63 at Fila's Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $6.68 apart, which is 84% more for the same dish. Of the 40 kitchens listed, 23 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 17 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track cheesesteak hoagie in 39 other areas and compare them all on cheesesteak hoagie across United States. The typical price there runs $13.20 at the median, so Philadelphia is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 15 of the 39. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $7.99 at Amici Pizza in Mechanicsburg, PA, and the highest best price is $13.00 in Glenolden, PA. The nearest area with it is Pennsauken, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $11.95.

Where is the cheapest cheesesteak hoagie in Philadelphia? Tony's Pizzeria, at $7.95 on 3128 Belgrade St. The same dish reaches $14.63 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.68.

What should cheesesteak hoagie cost here? About $13.80 is the typical price across the 65 kitchens in Philadelphia that list it. Of the ones listed above, 23 are 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 Pennsauken, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $11.95. That is $4.00 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.