Buffalo Chicken in Charlotte

5 restaurants in Charlotte list buffalo chicken on their menus. The cheapest is Mix Grill & Wings at $7.59. The typical price across town is $16.35, and the dearest we found is $17.50 at The Crust Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $9.91 apart, which is 131% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.

We track buffalo chicken in 8 other areas and compare them all on buffalo chicken across United States. The typical price there runs $17.00 at the median, so Charlotte is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 5 of the 8. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.50 at Phil's 2 Pizza in Massapequa Park, NY, and the highest best price is $17.00 in Minneapolis, MN. The nearest area with it is Norfolk, about 280 mi away, where the best price is $10.99.

Where is the cheapest buffalo chicken in Charlotte? Mix Grill & Wings, at $7.59 on 1540 West Boulevard. The same dish reaches $17.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.91.

What should buffalo chicken cost here? About $16.35 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Charlotte that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 1 is 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 Norfolk, about 280 mi away, where the best price is $10.99. That is $3.40 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.