Spaghetti And Meatballs in Saratoga Springs

3 restaurants in Saratoga Springs list spaghetti and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is West Avenue Pizzeria at $12.09, listed as Spaghetti with Meatballs Lunch. The typical price across town is $14.99, and the dearest we found is $16.49 at Pizza Time, so the two ends of the list are $4.40 apart, which is 36% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 1 charges 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 Saratoga Springs is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 144 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 Troy, about 25 mi away, where the best price is $13.99.

Where is the cheapest spaghetti and meatballs in Saratoga Springs? West Avenue Pizzeria, at $12.09 on 99 West Ave. The same dish reaches $16.49 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $4.40.

What should spaghetti and meatballs cost here? About $14.99 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Saratoga Springs that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 1 is 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 Troy, about 25 mi away, where the best price is $13.99. That is $1.90 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.