Spaghetti And Meatballs in Washington

10 restaurants in Washington list spaghetti and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Sbarro at $8.99, listed as Spaghetti with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $15.49, and the dearest we found is $22.99 at DC Stone Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $14.00 apart, which is 156% more for the same dish. Of the 10 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 4 sit within a dollar of it and 3 charge more than a dollar over.

We track spaghetti and meatballs in 215 other areas and compare them all on spaghetti and meatballs across United States. The typical price there runs $15.99 at the median, so Washington is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 133 of the 215. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.40 at Pavone's Pizza in Syracuse, NY, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Delray Beach, FL. The nearest area with it is Alexandria, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $12.99.

Where is the cheapest spaghetti and meatballs in Washington? Sbarro, at $8.99 on 1104 7th St NW. The same dish reaches $22.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $14.00.

What should spaghetti and meatballs cost here? About $15.49 is the typical price across the 10 kitchens in Washington that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 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 Alexandria, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $12.99. That is $4.00 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.