Parmigiana in Worcester

15 restaurants in Worcester list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Via Italian Table at $8.99, listed as Chicken Parmesan. The typical price across town is $15.99, and the dearest we found is $28.60 at Brick & Stones, so the two ends of the list are $19.61 apart, which is 218% more for the same dish. Of the 15 kitchens listed, 5 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 6 sit within a dollar of it and 4 charge more than a dollar over.

We track parmigiana in 732 other areas and compare them all on parmigiana across United States. The typical price there runs $18.49 at the median, so Worcester is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 587 of the 732. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.60 at Savarona Pizzeria & Restaurant in Shirley, NY, and the highest best price is $24.95 in Mount Sinai, NY. The nearest area with it is Marlborough, about 15 mi away, where the best price is $11.49.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Worcester? Via Italian Table, at $8.99 on 89 Shrewsbury St. The same dish reaches $28.60 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $19.61.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $15.99 is the typical price across the 15 kitchens in Worcester that list it. Of the ones listed above, 5 are more than a dollar below that and 4 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 Marlborough, about 15 mi away, where the best price is $11.49. That is $2.50 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.