Parmigiana in Somerset

7 restaurants in Somerset list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Bella Pizza 2 at $12.00, listed as Shrimp Parmigiana Lunch. The typical price across town is $19.95, and the dearest we found is $30.05 at King's Pizzeria, so the two ends of the list are $18.05 apart, which is 150% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 3 charge 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 parmigiana in 730 other areas and compare them all on parmigiana across United States. The typical price there runs $18.49 at the median, so Somerset is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 211 of the 730. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Lione's Pizza in Downingtown, PA, and the highest best price is $24.95 in Mount Sinai, NY. The nearest area with it is New Brunswick, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $12.00.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Somerset? Bella Pizza 2, at $12.00 on 1075 Easton Ave. The same dish reaches $30.05 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $18.05.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $19.95 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Somerset 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 New Brunswick, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $12.00. That is the same as 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.