16 restaurants in Reading list baked ziti on their menus. The cheapest is Russo's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant at $10.40, listed as Baked Ziti Lunch. The typical price across town is $15.50, and the dearest we found is $19.89 at Esposito's Restaurant & Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $9.49 apart, which is 91% more for the same dish. Of the 16 kitchens listed, 8 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 4 sit within a dollar of it and 4 charge more than a dollar over.
We track baked ziti in 459 other areas and compare them all on baked ziti across United States. The typical price there runs $15.99 at the median, so Reading is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 282 of the 459. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.10 at Pavone's Pizza in Syracuse, NY, and the highest best price is $21.00 in Stoneham, MA. The nearest area with it is Blandon, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $14.99.
Where is the cheapest baked ziti in Reading? Russo's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant, at $10.40 on 527 Penn St. The same dish reaches $19.89 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.49.
What should baked ziti cost here? About $15.50 is the typical price across the 16 kitchens in Reading that list it. Of the ones listed above, 8 are more than a dollar below that and 4 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 Blandon, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $14.99. That is $4.59 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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, PA this page |
$10.40 | $15.50 | 16 |
| Blandon, PA
G&J Pizzeria & Bakery · about 8 mi away |
$14.99 | $17.92 | 3 |
| Douglassville, PA
Little Nicky's · about 11 mi away |
$11.30 | $16.99 | 3 |
| Pottstown, PA
Ceron's Pizza · about 16 mi away |
$13.95 | $17.17 | 6 |
| Ephrata, PA
Roma Pizza · about 18 mi away |
$13.75 | $14.99 | 3 |
| Trexlertown, PA
Picasso Pizza · about 23 mi away |
$10.50 | $14.75 | 3 |
| Royersford, PA
Philly Cheese Steaks & Wings · about 23 mi away |
$13.99 | $15.99 | 4 |
| Downingtown, PA
Lione's Pizza · about 25 mi away |
$9.75 | $15.70 | 4 |
| Phoenixville, PA
Matthew's Pizza · about 26 mi away |
$10.49 | $19.00 | 4 |
| Emmaus, PA
Armetta's Italian Restaurant & Pub · about 26 mi away |
$12.00 | $19.25 | 3 |
| Lebanon, PA
A & M Pizza Restaurant · about 26 mi away |
$11.75 | $15.14 | 4 |
| Lancaster, PA
Two Cousins Pizza Columbia Avenue Lancaster · about 28 mi away |
$13.99 | $15.99 | 8 |
| Harleysville, PA
Laura's Pizzeria And Restaurant · about 29 mi away |
$17.50 | $20.00 | 3 |
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 Reading.