Chicken Cheesesteak in Springfield

3 restaurants in Springfield list chicken cheesesteak on their menus. The cheapest is Sciarrino's Pizzeria at $8.45. The typical price across town is $11.25, and the dearest we found is $12.19 at Thunderbird II of Springfield, so the two ends of the list are $3.74 apart, which is 44% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track chicken cheesesteak in 14 other areas and compare them all on chicken cheesesteak across United States. The typical price there runs $11.99 at the median, so Springfield is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 10 of the 14. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $7.50 at Giorgio's Pizza in Chester, PA, and the highest best price is $11.99 in Boyertown, PA. The nearest area with it is Prospect Park, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $10.95.

Where is the cheapest chicken cheesesteak in Springfield? Sciarrino's Pizzeria, at $8.45 on 19 N Brookside Rd. The same dish reaches $12.19 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $3.74.

What should chicken cheesesteak cost here? About $11.25 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Springfield that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 0 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 Prospect Park, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $10.95. That is $2.50 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.