Meatball Hero in Riverhead

4 restaurants in Riverhead list meatball hero on their menus. The cheapest is Caruso's Pizzeria at $10.00. The typical price across town is $15.78, and the dearest we found is $16.00 at The All Star, so the two ends of the list are $6.00 apart, which is 60% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track meatball hero in 11 other areas and compare them all on meatball hero across United States. The typical price there runs $12.95 at the median, so Riverhead is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 1 of the 11. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.40 at Vincenzo's of East Meadow in East Meadow, NY, and the highest best price is $11.50 in Lindenhurst, NY. The nearest area with it is Medford, about 18 mi away, where the best price is $10.95.

Where is the cheapest meatball hero in Riverhead? Caruso's Pizzeria, at $10.00 on 1104 Old Country Rd. The same dish reaches $16.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.00.

What should meatball hero cost here? About $15.78 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Riverhead that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 0 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 Medford, about 18 mi away, where the best price is $10.95. That is $0.95 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.