Cheesesteak Sandwich in Reading

7 restaurants in Reading list cheesesteak sandwich on their menus. The cheapest is Pizzariffic at $6.25. The typical price across town is $9.99, and the dearest we found is $12.50 at Fat-z-Guyz, so the two ends of the list are $6.25 apart, which is 100% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track cheesesteak sandwich in 22 other areas and compare them all on cheesesteak sandwich across United States. The typical price there runs $12.00 at the median, so Reading is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 20 of the 22. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $7.50 at Fabio's Pizza in Trenton, NJ, and the highest best price is $11.99 in Williamstown, NJ. The nearest area with it is Pottstown, about 16 mi away, where the best price is $8.99.

Where is the cheapest cheesesteak sandwich in Reading? Pizzariffic, at $6.25 on 3201 Pottsville Pike. The same dish reaches $12.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.25.

What should cheesesteak sandwich cost here? About $9.99 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Reading that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 2 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 Pottstown, about 16 mi away, where the best price is $8.99. That is $2.74 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.