Shrimp And Grits in Atlanta

5 restaurants in Atlanta list shrimp and grits on their menus. The cheapest is 5Church Atlanta at $19.00, listed as Shrimp & Grits. The typical price across town is $23.00, and the dearest we found is $28.50 at Old Vinings Inn, so the two ends of the list are $9.50 apart, which is 50% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 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 shrimp and grits in 14 other areas and compare them all on shrimp and grits across United States. The typical price there runs $22.99 at the median, so Atlanta is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 5 of the 14. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $11.00 at Gallier's Restaurant & Oyster Bar in New Orleans, LA, and the highest best price is $24.00 in Annapolis, MD. The nearest area with it is Marietta, about 14 mi away, where the best price is $22.00.

Where is the cheapest shrimp and grits in Atlanta? 5Church Atlanta, at $19.00 on 1197 Peachtree Street Northeast. The same dish reaches $28.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.50.

What should shrimp and grits cost here? About $23.00 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Atlanta that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 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 Marietta, about 14 mi away, where the best price is $22.00. That is $3.00 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.