4 restaurants in Providence list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Milano's Pizza at $12.99, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $15.95, and the dearest we found is $18.14 at Big Tony's Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $5.15 apart, which is 40% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.
We track pasta and meatballs in 115 other areas and compare them all on pasta and meatballs across United States. The typical price there runs $16.50 at the median, so Providence is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 72 of the 115. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.00 at Prince of Pizza in Jersey City, NJ, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Boca Raton, FL. The nearest area with it is Warwick, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $11.99.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Providence? Milano's Pizza, at $12.99 on 659 Smith St. The same dish reaches $18.14 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $5.15.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $15.95 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Providence that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 1 is 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 Warwick, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $11.99. That is $1.00 less than the best here, though whether that is worth the journey is your call.
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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence, RI this page |
$12.99 | $15.95 | 4 |
| Warwick, RI
Post Road Pizza · about 7 mi away |
$11.99 | $13.99 | 4 |
| Woonsocket, RI
MVP Pizzeria · about 13 mi away |
$10.99 | $12.99 | 5 |
| Stoughton, MA
Old Country Pizzeria · about 27 mi away |
$12.25 | $15.20 | 3 |
| Natick, MA
Liberty's Pizza of Natick · about 32 mi away |
$14.99 | $16.40 | 3 |
| Worcester, MA
Restaurant Pizza Works · about 36 mi away |
$10.99 | $12.95 | 8 |
| Jamaica Plain, MA
Zesto's Pizza & Grille · about 37 mi away |
$14.95 | $18.25 | 4 |
| Cambridge, MA
Kendall House of Pizza · about 41 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.99 | 5 |
| Arlington, MA
Olympic Pizza · about 43 mi away |
$15.99 | $17.00 | 4 |
| Revere, MA
Revere House of Pizza · about 46 mi away |
$15.50 | $16.50 | 3 |
| Peabody, MA
Brother's Roast Beef & Seafood · about 54 mi away |
$12.95 | $13.99 | 3 |
| Dracut, MA
G & G Quick Bite · about 59 mi away |
$12.99 | $14.95 | 3 |
| East Hartford, CT
C&E Pizza Restaurant · about 62 mi away |
$12.99 | $15.50 | 6 |
Items are grouped by dish, so names vary a little between restaurants. Each price is what that menu listed on the date shown beside it, not a daily special, so a restaurant may have changed it since. The typical price is the middle of every price we hold for this dish in Providence.