Parmigiana in West Islip

6 restaurants in West Islip list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Anthony's Pizza & Pasta at $15.75, listed as Eggplant Parmigiana. The typical price across town is $22.83, and the dearest we found is $23.99 at Our Little Italy Pizza & Pasta, so the two ends of the list are $8.24 apart, which is 52% more for the same dish. Of the 6 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits 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 West Islip is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 72 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 North Babylon, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $20.90.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in West Islip? Anthony's Pizza & Pasta, at $15.75 on 791 Udall Rd. The same dish reaches $23.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $8.24.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $22.83 is the typical price across the 6 kitchens in West Islip 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 North Babylon, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $20.90. That is $5.15 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.