Calzone in Sarasota

5 restaurants in Sarasota list calzone on their menus. The cheapest is Donatos Pizza at $9.35, listed as Pepperoni Calzone. The typical price across town is $16.49, and the dearest we found is $18.75 at Solorzanos Pizza Express, so the two ends of the list are $9.40 apart, which is 101% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track calzone in 747 other areas and compare them all on calzone across United States. The typical price there runs $12.99 at the median, so Sarasota is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 43 of the 747. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Catania's Pizza in Yonkers, NY, and the highest best price is $15.99 in Eustis, FL. The nearest area with it is Bradenton, about 10 mi away, where the best price is $10.99.

Where is the cheapest calzone in Sarasota? Donatos Pizza, at $9.35 on 5410 Fruitville Rd. The same dish reaches $18.75 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.40.

What should calzone cost here? About $16.49 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Sarasota that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 2 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 Bradenton, about 10 mi away, where the best price is $10.99. That is $1.64 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.