Chicken Tenders in Chicago

38 restaurants in Chicago list chicken tenders on their menus. The cheapest is Lonnie's Pizzeria at $4.95. The typical price across town is $10.64, and the dearest we found is $22.00 at Ina Mae Tavern & Packaged Goods, so the two ends of the list are $17.05 apart, which is 344% more for the same dish. Of the 38 kitchens listed, 16 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 8 sit within a dollar of it and 14 charge more than a dollar over.

We track chicken tenders in 215 other areas and compare them all on chicken tenders across United States. The typical price there runs $11.00 at the median, so Chicago is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 138 of the 215. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Little Dog Diner in Norfolk, VA, and the highest best price is $14.99 in Lancaster, PA. The nearest area with it is Niles, about 13 mi away, where the best price is $4.99.

Where is the cheapest chicken tenders in Chicago? Lonnie's Pizzeria, at $4.95 on 8343 W Irving Park Ave. The same dish reaches $22.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $17.05.

What should chicken tenders cost here? About $10.64 is the typical price across the 38 kitchens in Chicago that list it. Of the ones listed above, 16 are more than a dollar below that and 14 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 Niles, about 13 mi away, where the best price is $4.99. That is $0.04 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.