Parmigiana in Watervliet

4 restaurants in Watervliet list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Lavenza Pizza and Kebab at $11.49, listed as Chicken Parm. The typical price across town is $18.40, and the dearest we found is $22.00 at Valente's Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $10.51 apart, which is 91% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 1 charges 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 Watervliet is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 371 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 Troy, about 1 mi away, where the best price is $13.95.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Watervliet? Lavenza Pizza and Kebab, at $11.49 on 301 25th St. The same dish reaches $22.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $10.51.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $18.40 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Watervliet 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 Troy, about 1 mi away, where the best price is $13.95. That is $2.46 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.