Calamari Marinara in Somerset

5 restaurants in Somerset list calamari marinara on their menus. The cheapest is Bella Pizza 2 at $12.00. The typical price across town is $14.95, and the dearest we found is $26.40 at Cafe Alfredo's, so the two ends of the list are $14.40 apart, which is 120% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track calamari marinara in 28 other areas and compare them all on calamari marinara across United States. The typical price there runs $22.95 at the median, so Somerset is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 27 of the 28. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $11.25 at Whippany Pizzeria in Whippany, NJ, and the highest best price is $25.00 in Boynton Beach, FL. The nearest area with it is Piscataway, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $13.64.

Where is the cheapest calamari marinara in Somerset? Bella Pizza 2, at $12.00 on 1075 Easton Ave. The same dish reaches $26.40 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $14.40.

What should calamari marinara cost here? About $14.95 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Somerset that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is 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 Piscataway, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $13.64. 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.