Mozzarella Sticks in Springfield

15 restaurants in Springfield list mozzarella sticks on their menus. The cheapest is El Sazon Criollo at $5.95. The typical price across town is $10.60, and the dearest we found is $12.49 at Palace Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $6.54 apart, which is 110% more for the same dish. Of the 15 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 10 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track mozzarella sticks in 701 other areas and compare them all on mozzarella sticks across United States. The typical price there runs $9.90 at the median, so Springfield is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 186 of the 701. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Master's Pizza in New York, NY, and the highest best price is $11.28 in Lake Grove, NY. The nearest area with it is Torrington, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $8.95.

Where is the cheapest mozzarella sticks in Springfield? El Sazon Criollo, at $5.95 on 2550 Main St. The same dish reaches $12.49 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.54.

What should mozzarella sticks cost here? About $10.60 is the typical price across the 15 kitchens in Springfield 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 Torrington, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $8.95. That is $3.00 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.