Fettuccine Alfredo in Pittsburgh

12 restaurants in Pittsburgh list fettuccine alfredo on their menus. The cheapest is Vallozzi's Pittsburgh at $12.00. The typical price across town is $15.99, and the dearest we found is $20.99 at Pizza Bellino, so the two ends of the list are $8.99 apart, which is 75% more for the same dish. Of the 12 kitchens listed, 4 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 5 sit within a dollar of it and 3 charge more than a dollar over.

We track fettuccine alfredo in 191 other areas and compare them all on fettuccine alfredo across United States. The typical price there runs $16.95 at the median, so Pittsburgh is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 115 of the 191. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.00 at Crave Italian Oven & Bar in North Myrtle Beach, SC, and the highest best price is $19.99 in Torrington, CT. The nearest area with it is Butler, about 30 mi away, where the best price is $14.80.

Where is the cheapest fettuccine alfredo in Pittsburgh? Vallozzi's Pittsburgh, at $12.00. The same dish reaches $20.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $8.99.

What should fettuccine alfredo cost here? About $15.99 is the typical price across the 12 kitchens in Pittsburgh that list it. Of the ones listed above, 4 are more than a dollar below that and 3 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 Butler, about 30 mi away, where the best price is $14.80. That is $2.80 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.