Wings in Pittsburgh

39 restaurants in Pittsburgh list wings on their menus. The cheapest is AJ'S Pizza at $7.99. The typical price across town is $11.99, and the dearest we found is $23.99 at Hook Fish & Chicken - Homewood, so the two ends of the list are $16.00 apart, which is 200% more for the same dish. Of the 39 kitchens listed, 18 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 13 sit within a dollar of it and 8 charge more than a dollar over.

We track wings in 969 other areas and compare them all on wings across United States. The typical price there runs $12.99 at the median, so Pittsburgh is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 599 of the 969. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Uno Pizza in Philadelphia, PA, and the highest best price is $17.55 in Paramus, NJ. The nearest area with it is Morgantown, about 56 mi away, where the best price is $8.95.

Where is the cheapest wings in Pittsburgh? AJ'S Pizza, at $7.99 on 3565 Harts Run Rd. The same dish reaches $23.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $16.00.

What should wings cost here? About $11.99 is the typical price across the 39 kitchens in Pittsburgh that list it. Of the ones listed above, 18 are more than a dollar below that and 8 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 Morgantown, about 56 mi away, where the best price is $8.95. That is $0.96 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.