Spaghetti And Meatballs in San Francisco

17 restaurants in San Francisco list spaghetti and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Chico's Pizza at $13.99, listed as Spaghetti with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $18.70, and the dearest we found is $24.73 at North Beach Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $10.74 apart, which is 77% more for the same dish. Of the 17 kitchens listed, 7 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 7 charge more than a dollar over.

We track spaghetti and meatballs in 215 other areas and compare them all on spaghetti and meatballs across United States. The typical price there runs $15.99 at the median, so San Francisco is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 33 of the 215. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.40 at Pavone's Pizza in Syracuse, NY, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Delray Beach, FL. The nearest area with it is San Mateo, about 16 mi away, where the best price is $20.75.

Where is the cheapest spaghetti and meatballs in San Francisco? Chico's Pizza, at $13.99 on 468 Ellis St. The same dish reaches $24.73 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $10.74.

What should spaghetti and meatballs cost here? About $18.70 is the typical price across the 17 kitchens in San Francisco that list it. Of the ones listed above, 7 are more than a dollar below that and 7 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 San Mateo, about 16 mi away, where the best price is $20.75. That is $6.76 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.