Steak Hoagie in Buffalo

12 restaurants in Buffalo list steak hoagie on their menus. The cheapest is Hot Spot at $7.49. The typical price across town is $11.99, and the dearest we found is $18.00 at Big Ditch Brewing Company, so the two ends of the list are $10.51 apart, which is 140% more for the same dish. Of the 12 kitchens listed, 6 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 4 charge more than a dollar over.

We track steak hoagie in 4 other areas and compare them all on steak hoagie across United States. The typical price there runs $11.99 at the median, so Buffalo is about average, with a lower typical price than 1 of the 4. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.99 at Yings Restaurant & Bar in Depew, NY, and the highest best price is $10.50 in Willow Grove, PA. The nearest area with it is Depew, about 12 mi away, where the best price is $6.99.

Where is the cheapest steak hoagie in Buffalo? Hot Spot, at $7.49 on 959 Broadway St. The same dish reaches $18.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $10.51.

What should steak hoagie cost here? About $11.99 is the typical price across the 12 kitchens in Buffalo that list it. Of the ones listed above, 6 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 Depew, about 12 mi away, where the best price is $6.99. That is $0.50 less than the best here, though whether that is worth the journey is your call.

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.