# How much do you pay for a pizza pie? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544 "2006-07-21T21:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/1 "2006-07-21T21:51:16Z")
I’m going to pick up a pizza on the way home. A large plain pie is $8.93 including tax if I pick it up. Delivery is a buck for the house plus a couple more for a tip. We usually get two small pies - one plain for the kids and another with toppings for SmithWife and me, but I’ve only got a sawbuck on me and I don’t feel like going to the bank. Still, less than nine buccks to feed a family of for dinner, pretty good deal. What do you pay for a pie? ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/2 "2006-07-21T21:59:25Z")
Little Ceasars: $5.00. My meal is usually $2 as I just get breadsticks. (local)Papa Keno’s: “slice as big as your face” and a soda, $6.50 (more than enough for a meal) (local)Pizza Shuttle: 2 10" pies for $10. Shuttle is so good. Pizza Hut: $20 for dinner, including tip, usually. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/3 "2006-07-21T22:01:56Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > I’m going to pick up a pizza on the way home. A large plain pie is $8.93 including tax if I pick it up. Delivery is a buck for the house plus a couple more for a tip. We usually get two small pies - one plain for the kids and another with toppings for SmithWife and me, but I’ve only got a sawbuck on me and I don’t feel like going to the bank. Still, less than nine buccks to feed a family of for dinner, pretty good deal. > > What do you pay for a pie? I paid $11 for a large three-topping pizza the other night for my son & me. We ate most of it for dinner and the rest the next morning for breakfast. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/4 "2006-07-21T22:06:45Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > (local)Pizza Shuttle: 2 10" pies for $10. Shuttle is so good. You’re gonna miss Pizza Shuttle . . . ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/5 "2006-07-21T22:11:46Z")
I like to get the uncooked pizzas from Papa John’s and cook 'em when I get home. That costs about $10, depending on toppings, for a medium, which is big enough for two hungry people or one glutton plus 2 slices for breakfast. Bigger than Medium, and I couldn’t carry it home on my scooter. Besides, I hate pizza for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/6 "2006-07-21T22:23:36Z")
Yup. 5 bucks. Large pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/7 "2006-07-21T22:28:13Z")
$17.15 (with tax) for a large specialty pizza every other Friday night without fail. And it’s really good, too. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/8 "2006-07-21T22:29:20Z")
It should be noted that the “large” pizzas one acquires from chains like Domino’s and Papa John’s do not come close to achieving the diameter of those from reputable pizzarias. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/9 "2006-07-21T23:11:13Z")
If I feel like cooking it, Papa John’s for about ten bucks or so. If I want the really good stuff, about twice that for Pizza Mondo… but then I absolutely have to pitch in another dollar for one of their amazing brownies. Of course, every now and then I have to have one of the frozen Totino’s pizzas you can get in the freezer section. Damn, those are tasty- and you can’t beat the price (less than three bucks for the deluxe). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/10 "2006-07-22T01:52:02Z")
About $14 for a large pepperoni pizza from Modern Apizza in New Haven (which I prefer over Sally’s or Pepe’s). ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/11 "2006-07-22T02:58:06Z")
Super size 16" Italian Deluxe with everything but the kitchen sink $7.88 at Sam’s! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/12 "2006-07-22T03:11:40Z")
Close to $20 (U.S. of course) for a three-topping from L’il Ricci’s. Feeds me three times. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/13 "2006-07-22T03:28:08Z")
I luckily(?) have a Dominoe’s right around the corner from me who know me well. I can get a small Cheese for $5.45. On days of Cubs home games I can get a large for the same price! Good (edible when you’re not half in the bag) pizza is more in the $20 range. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/14 "2006-07-22T04:16:52Z")
$15 for a large pizza with two toppings, I think it is $13 for plain and one topping is free. Then we tip the delivery guy $3. This is from our neighborhood pizzaria in Brooklyn. We realized recently that the price on the menu went up (+ $2), but apparently we’re grandfathered in to the old price – I guess this is like rent control, only it’s pizza control. Like **friedo** mentioned, it is much larger than a large pizza from a chain. Sometimes when we are on vacation, I marvel at the bargain price for a pizza, and then get peeved when there isn’t any pizza for breakfast the next day. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/15 "2006-07-22T04:36:37Z")
Little Ceasar’s provides me with $5 large pepperoni pizza and a side of crazy bread. I love that place so much. They just opened one across from my house too…mmmm, five dollar pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/16 "2006-07-22T04:39:59Z")
> [@Lightnin'](#): > > If I feel like cooking it, Papa John’s for about ten bucks or so. You have to cook your own Papa Johns? :eek: Just ordered some Papa Johns tonight. MMMM ---
**Author:** ![Bertie\_Wooster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Bertie\_Wooster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bertie_Wooster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/17 "2006-07-22T04:40:57Z")
About nine dollars. There’s a place down the street run by very respectable Pakistani folks. I can get about three person-meals out of a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/18 "2006-07-22T04:46:56Z")
$5.95 Australian (about $4.50US) for one large pizza from Pizza Hut with a coupon, $9.95 without. Dominos regular price is $6.95. Most small pizzarias charge about $7.95-$8.95. We (Australians) don’t tip and the price includes tax. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/19 "2006-07-22T05:05:40Z")
I’m guessing buying a pizza would cost me several hundred dollars. About $10 for the pizza itself, then the rest for the ER visit to deal with the allergic reaction to the spices in the sauce. Did you know an itchy tongue is a warning of anaphylaxis? I didn’t until after the first and only time I tried Papa John’s.Even ordering it white isn’t a good idea since trace amounts of basil will screw me over. Sometimes I get the worst cravings for pizza with sauce, like Pizza Hut, too… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/20 "2006-07-22T09:23:46Z")
Depending on toppings, pizzas here run about $30 for a 16-inch. This makes pizza a very rare event in the **Sublight** household. ☹ Probably for the best, though. If I ate pizza now like I did in college I’d be twice my current weight. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544.md?page=2)