Calzone in Washington

22 restaurants in Washington list calzone on their menus. The cheapest is Tatiana Pizza at $9.99, listed as Cheese Calzone. The typical price across town is $13.99, and the dearest we found is $19.00 at Il Canale, so the two ends of the list are $9.01 apart, which is 90% more for the same dish. Of the 22 kitchens listed, 6 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 8 sit within a dollar of it and 8 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 Washington is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 231 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 Alexandria, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $9.99.

Where is the cheapest calzone in Washington? Tatiana Pizza, at $9.99 on 1730 Connecticut Ave NW. The same dish reaches $19.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.01.

What should calzone cost here? About $13.99 is the typical price across the 22 kitchens in Washington that list it. Of the ones listed above, 6 are more than a dollar below that and 8 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 Alexandria, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $9.99. That is the same as 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.