Calzone in Providence

15 restaurants in Providence list calzone on their menus. The cheapest is Roma Pizza at $8.95, listed as Sausage Calzone. The typical price across town is $12.45, and the dearest we found is $21.13 at Big Tony's Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $12.18 apart, which is 136% more for the same dish. Of the 15 kitchens listed, 7 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 6 charge 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 Providence is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 466 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 East Providence, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $8.99.

Where is the cheapest calzone in Providence? Roma Pizza, at $8.95 on 310 Atwells Ave. The same dish reaches $21.13 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $12.18.

What should calzone cost here? About $12.45 is the typical price across the 15 kitchens in Providence that list it. Of the ones listed above, 7 are more than a dollar below that and 6 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 East Providence, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $8.99. That is $0.04 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.