Parmigiana in Saratoga Springs

8 restaurants in Saratoga Springs list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is West Avenue Pizzeria at $12.09, listed as Eggplant Parmigiana Lunch. The typical price across town is $17.99, and the dearest we found is $20.89 at West Ave Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $8.80 apart, which is 73% more for the same dish. Of the 8 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track parmigiana in 732 other areas and compare them all on parmigiana across United States. The typical price there runs $18.49 at the median, so Saratoga Springs is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 403 of the 732. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.60 at Savarona Pizzeria & Restaurant in Shirley, NY, and the highest best price is $24.95 in Mount Sinai, NY. The nearest area with it is Ballston Spa, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $14.33.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Saratoga Springs? West Avenue Pizzeria, at $12.09 on 99 West Ave. The same dish reaches $20.89 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $8.80.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $17.99 is the typical price across the 8 kitchens in Saratoga Springs that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 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 Ballston Spa, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $14.33. That is $2.24 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.