Parmigiana in Waterbury

8 restaurants in Waterbury list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Pie Guys at $13.20, listed as Veal Parm. The typical price across town is $20.95, and the dearest we found is $37.00 at Mona Lisa Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $23.80 apart, which is 180% more for the same dish. Of the 8 kitchens listed, 4 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track parmigiana in 730 other areas and compare them all on parmigiana across United States. The typical price there runs $18.49 at the median, so Waterbury is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 147 of the 730. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Lione's Pizza in Downingtown, PA, and the highest best price is $24.95 in Mount Sinai, NY. The nearest area with it is Naugatuck, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $15.10.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Waterbury? Pie Guys, at $13.20 on 514 Frost Rd. The same dish reaches $37.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $23.80.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $20.95 is the typical price across the 8 kitchens in Waterbury that list it. Of the ones listed above, 4 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 Naugatuck, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $15.10. That is $1.90 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.