French Fries in Providence

12 restaurants in Providence list french fries on their menus. The cheapest is Roma Pizza at $4.95. The typical price across town is $7.25, and the dearest we found is $10.00 at Anthonys Authentic Italian Cuisine, so the two ends of the list are $5.05 apart, which is 102% 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 french fries in 498 other areas and compare them all on french fries across United States. The typical price there runs $6.49 at the median, so Providence is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 72 of the 498. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Big Tony's Pizza II in Chicago, IL, and the highest best price is $7.50 in Seaford, NY. The nearest area with it is East Providence, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $5.74.

Where is the cheapest french fries in Providence? Roma Pizza, at $4.95 on 310 Atwells Ave. The same dish reaches $10.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $5.05.

What should french fries cost here? About $7.25 is the typical price across the 12 kitchens in Providence 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 East Providence, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $5.74. That is $0.79 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.