Spaghetti in Syracuse

7 restaurants in Syracuse list spaghetti on their menus. The cheapest is Pavone's Pizza at $4.90. The typical price across town is $11.82, and the dearest we found is $16.09 at OVER THE CUSE PIZZA & WINGS, so the two ends of the list are $11.19 apart, which is 228% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 3 charge more than a dollar over.

We track spaghetti in 50 other areas and compare them all on spaghetti across United States. The typical price there runs $12.90 at the median, so Syracuse is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 36 of the 50. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.99 at Sharks Fish & Chicken in Chicago, IL, and the highest best price is $15.99 in Jacksonville, FL. The nearest area with it is Utica, about 47 mi away, where the best price is $10.00.

Where is the cheapest spaghetti in Syracuse? Pavone's Pizza, at $4.90 on 500 Butternut St. The same dish reaches $16.09 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $11.19.

What should spaghetti cost here? About $11.82 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Syracuse that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 3 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 Utica, about 47 mi away, where the best price is $10.00. That is $5.10 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.