# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/41 "2006-07-24T17:46:34Z")
Large pie from our neighborhood pizza place: $9 plain, $2 for each topping. $14~ for a specialty pizza such as the delicious Greek pizza (feta, tomato, kalamata olives, onions, green peppers (I hold those)). I always pick up because they do deliver but it’s right around the corner. Tip would be $3. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/42 "2006-07-24T18:19:01Z")
We go to our favorite pizza joint every Thursday night, where we pay $19.62 (including tip) for a small Canadian bacon and cheese (“small” is a misnomer–they know us so well at this place that we usually get a medium-size pizza with extra cheese for the price of a small with regular cheese) and two medium drinks. Mmmm, yummy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/43 "2006-07-24T18:19:40Z")
**Kal** , that doesn’t sound too off - in fact, for three 'zas - 2 with everything and one with three ingredients, that sounds right. Extra ingredients run what - $1.75 per? And larges can start over $25. Mediums get up there too - a medium veggie is $16! (I just looked at a Rosati’s menu for their place in Sycamore - I just picked somewhere in McHenry County) and I can see $60, way way easy. Me, from CPA, I think (don’t quote me) that a large, sausage (pie cut, well done), delivered (with my free delivery coupon) will run me about $22 - that includes a $5 tip for the driver. We don’t order out much anymore… Too expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/44 "2006-07-24T18:31:16Z")
If we order in, we’ll get a 16" pepperoni for about $14.50 and I’ll give the guy a $2.50 tip. When we make it. . .probably about 1.00 in the crust, .75 in the sauce, $2.00 in cheese (or more), $1.50 in pepperoni. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/45 "2006-07-24T20:24:21Z")
A large pizza for me is about $16 CDN, or $14 US. Plus 14% tax comes in at $16 US. Plus a tip. So we’re probably looking at about $20 for a large pizza, 3 or 4 toppings, delivered. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/46 "2006-07-25T12:36:07Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > **Kal** , that doesn’t sound too off - in fact, for three 'zas - 2 with everything and one with three ingredients, that sounds right. Extra ingredients run what - $1.75 per? And larges can start over $25. Mediums get up there too - a medium veggie is $16! (I just looked at a Rosati’s menu for their place in Sycamore - I just picked somewhere in McHenry County) and I can see $60, way way easy. > > Me, from CPA, I think (don’t quote me) that a large, sausage (pie cut, well done), delivered (with my free delivery coupon) will run me about $22 - that includes a $5 tip for the driver. > > We don’t order out much anymore… > > Too expensive. Yeah, I guess I shouldn’t be so surprised. I usually order 1/2 onion, green pepper, & sausage and 1/2 tomato, sausage and mushroom. Also, I don’t eat tons of pizza in a sitting, so it’s actually two days’ worth of food, so I think it’s a pretty good deal. (I’m a bit disappointed with Rosati’s lately. These pies were ordered from a single restaurant joint here in Cary. It’s the best we have going at the moment.) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/47 "2006-07-25T22:42:03Z")
> [@Endemic](#): > > I live in Switzerland where restaurant food is pretty expensive. The average pizza is CHF 20, which is about $17 (and $20 for my favorite with parma ham, gorgonzola, and eggplant). Pizzas here follow the real Italian style, one pizza, one person, you eat it with a knife and fork, and you finish it in one setting. I guess they are about 14 inches in diameter with a thin crust. > > I had always loved the NY-style pizzas, but just wait until you eat one of the Swiss/Italian ones – heaven on a plate! Ah yes, have had many a pizza in Switzerland…especially in Ticino (Lugano area)…and though they certainly are pricey, most I had were well worth the money. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/48 "2006-07-26T00:22:03Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > Modern Apizza in New Haven I remember the first time I saw the word _apizza_ and thinking, “_a-_ means not, as in amoral or apolitical. So _apizza_ must mean ‘not pizza’.” My Bridgeport-born & raised mama then told me it was pronounced _abeetz’_ and when she was growing up in the '40s nobody called it anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/49 "2006-07-26T01:08:38Z")
Pizza Nova’s about ten dollars for a small one; I think Pizzaville charges around fifteen to eighteen dollars for a large. It also depends on how much I tip the guy at delivery… Now I want pizza, dammit. _scowls at rumbling stomach_ ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/50 "2006-07-26T18:17:10Z")
Good pizza in Chicago runs around $15 for a large with a couple toppings, maybe more like $25 if you want the Chicago “inch-thick layer of extra cheese” style. My personal favorites are the Art of Pizza and Chicago’s (though there are at least two viciously feuding places that both have that name). Also local custom tolerates a “delivery charge” of two or three bucks, on top of which tipping is still expected. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544/51 "2006-07-27T07:37:56Z")
If I’m looking for something cheap and can’t be arsed getting off my backside, there’s a place near here that does a great deal of a medium pizza (about the same size as a Pizza Hut/Domino’s “Large”), plus garlic bread and coke delivered for $15. (Another Aussie here, so no tip.) It’s enough for two people, or just me in pig mode with a couple slices left over. If I’m feeling a bit gourmet, there’s a place nearby that does what is simply the best pizza I have ever had, although it’s a bit more expensive. To eat in or have it delivered, they’re about $17 each (although they won’t deliver for less than $20). They also do a pick-up deal of two pizzas for $26. It’s worth it. My favourites are the tandoori chicken with broccoli, youghurt and mango chutney, or the Mexican with beef, tomato, jalapeno peppers, sour cream and corn chips. Yuuuuuuum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-a-pizza-pie/365544.md?page=2)