Calzone in Utica

8 restaurants in Utica list calzone on their menus. The cheapest is Palermo Pizzeria at $10.50. The typical price across town is $14.49, and the dearest we found is $16.99 at Two Brothers Cafe & Pizzeria, so the two ends of the list are $6.49 apart, which is 62% more for the same dish. Of the 8 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track calzone in 747 other areas and compare them all on calzone across United States. The typical price there runs $12.99 at the median, so Utica is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 195 of the 747. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Catania's Pizza in Yonkers, NY, and the highest best price is $15.99 in Eustis, FL. The nearest area with it is Rome, about 15 mi away, where the best price is $12.95.

Where is the cheapest calzone in Utica? Palermo Pizzeria, at $10.50 on 1305 Genesee St. The same dish reaches $16.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.49.

What should calzone cost here? About $14.49 is the typical price across the 8 kitchens in Utica 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 Rome, about 15 mi away, where the best price is $12.95. That is $2.45 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.