Toasted Ravioli in Saint Louis

14 restaurants in Saint Louis list toasted ravioli on their menus. The cheapest is Rigazzi's at $5.00. The typical price across town is $9.99, and the dearest we found is $17.00 at Trattoria Marcella, so the two ends of the list are $12.00 apart, which is 240% more for the same dish. Of the 14 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 6 sit within a dollar of it and 5 charge more than a dollar over.

We track toasted ravioli in 3 other areas and compare them all on toasted ravioli across United States. The typical price there runs $11.95 at the median, so Saint Louis is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 2 of the 3. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.99 at Rosati's Pizza in Carol Stream, IL, and the highest best price is $9.25 in Ashland, VA. The nearest area with it is Carol Stream, about 253 mi away, where the best price is $6.99.

Where is the cheapest toasted ravioli in Saint Louis? Rigazzi's, at $5.00 on 4945 Daggett Avenue. The same dish reaches $17.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $12.00.

What should toasted ravioli cost here? About $9.99 is the typical price across the 14 kitchens in Saint Louis that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 are more than a dollar below that and 5 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 Carol Stream, about 253 mi away, where the best price is $6.99. That is $1.99 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.