Parmigiana in Reading

18 restaurants in Reading list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Amigo's Pizza at $12.47, listed as Eggplant Parmesan. The typical price across town is $17.75, and the dearest we found is $19.99 at Little Sicily, so the two ends of the list are $7.52 apart, which is 60% more for the same dish. Of the 18 kitchens listed, 8 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 4 sit within a dollar of it and 6 charge more than a dollar over.

We track parmigiana in 730 other areas and compare them all on parmigiana across United States. The typical price there runs $18.49 at the median, so Reading is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 457 of the 730. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Lione's Pizza in Downingtown, PA, and the highest best price is $24.95 in Mount Sinai, NY. The nearest area with it is Douglassville, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $18.99.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Reading? Amigo's Pizza, at $12.47 on 2017 Kutztown Rd. The same dish reaches $19.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $7.52.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $17.75 is the typical price across the 18 kitchens in Reading that list it. Of the ones listed above, 8 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 Douglassville, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $18.99. That is $6.52 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.