4 restaurants in Stoneham list stuffed shells on their menus. The cheapest is Royal Roast Beef & Seafood at $14.99. The typical price across town is $29.00, and the dearest we found is $50.00 at The Stones Common House & Kitchen, so the two ends of the list are $35.01 apart, which is 234% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge 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 stuffed shells in 250 other areas and compare them all on stuffed shells across United States. The typical price there runs $16.45 at the median, so Stoneham is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 0 of the 250. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.50 at Mr P Pizza & Pasta in North Wales, PA, and the highest best price is $20.10 in West Springfield, MA. The nearest area with it is Somerville, about 6 mi away, where the best price is $14.95.
Where is the cheapest stuffed shells in Stoneham? Royal Roast Beef & Seafood, at $14.99 on 475 Main Street. The same dish reaches $50.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $35.01.
What should stuffed shells cost here? About $29.00 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Stoneham that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are 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 Somerville, about 6 mi away, where the best price is $14.95. That is $0.04 less than the best here, though whether that is worth the journey is your call.
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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneham, MA this page |
$14.99 | $29.00 | 4 |
| Somerville, MA
Union Square Pizza & Sub · about 6 mi away |
$14.95 | $15.95 | 3 |
| South Boston, MA
Red Line Pizza · about 10 mi away |
$14.00 | $17.00 | 3 |
| Dorchester, MA
Puritan Pizza · about 12 mi away |
$8.99 | $16.50 | 3 |
| Quincy, MA
David's Pizza · about 16 mi away |
$12.99 | $14.99 | 3 |
| Randolph, MA
Avon Best Pizza & Grill · about 22 mi away |
$11.99 | $14.55 | 3 |
| East Providence, RI
Zoe's Pizza & Seafood · about 48 mi away |
$9.99 | $11.99 | 3 |
| Chicopee, MA
Pizza Palace · about 76 mi away |
$16.50 | $18.99 | 7 |
| Holyoke, MA
City Pizza · about 77 mi away |
$17.49 | $18.95 | 4 |
| West Springfield, MA
Star Pizza · about 79 mi away |
$20.10 | $22.00 | 3 |
| Vernon, CT
A1 Brick Oven Pizza · about 80 mi away |
$10.00 | $17.99 | 3 |
| Windsor Locks, CT
Village Pizza · about 85 mi away |
$14.50 | $17.95 | 3 |
| West Hartford, CT
Bert's Pizzeria · about 95 mi away |
$15.95 | $19.75 | 4 |
Items are grouped by dish, so names vary a little between restaurants. Each price is what that menu listed on the date shown beside it, not a daily special, so a restaurant may have changed it since. The typical price is the middle of every price we hold for this dish in Stoneham.