BBQ Beef Sandwich in Chicago

20 restaurants in Chicago list BBQ beef sandwich on their menus. The cheapest is Big Tony's Pizza II at $7.50. The typical price across town is $11.25, and the dearest we found is $17.00 at Cochiaro's Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $9.50 apart, which is 127% more for the same dish. Of the 20 kitchens listed, 8 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 5 sit within a dollar of it and 7 charge more than a dollar over.

We track BBQ beef sandwich in 1 other area and compare them all on BBQ beef sandwich across United States. The typical price there runs $11.75 at the median, so Chicago is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 1 of the 1. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $9.00 at Pedro's Pizza in Palatine, IL. The nearest area with it is Palatine, about 25 mi away, where the best price is $9.00.

Where is the cheapest BBQ beef sandwich in Chicago? Big Tony's Pizza II, at $7.50 on 3732 W 59th St. The same dish reaches $17.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.50.

What should BBQ beef sandwich cost here? About $11.25 is the typical price across the 20 kitchens in Chicago that list it. Of the ones listed above, 8 are more than a dollar below that and 7 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 Palatine, about 25 mi away, where the best price is $9.00. That is $1.50 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.