Cheesesteak Sandwich in Trenton

5 restaurants in Trenton list cheesesteak sandwich on their menus. The cheapest is Fabio's Pizza at $7.50. The typical price across town is $9.50, and the dearest we found is $12.10 at Nonno Sal's Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $4.60 apart, which is 61% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.

We track cheesesteak sandwich in 22 other areas and compare them all on cheesesteak sandwich across United States. The typical price there runs $12.00 at the median, so Trenton is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 22 of the 22. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.25 at Pizzariffic in Reading, PA, and the highest best price is $11.99 in Williamstown, NJ. The nearest area with it is Ewing, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $10.25.

Where is the cheapest cheesesteak sandwich in Trenton? Fabio's Pizza, at $7.50 on 105 E State St. The same dish reaches $12.10 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $4.60.

What should cheesesteak sandwich cost here? About $9.50 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Trenton 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 Ewing, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $10.25. That is $2.75 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.