Burrito in Chicago

35 restaurants in Chicago list burrito on their menus. The cheapest is Burrito House at $4.75, listed as Vegetarian Burrito. The typical price across town is $12.99, and the dearest we found is $28.00 at Mi Tocaya Antojería, so the two ends of the list are $23.25 apart, which is 489% more for the same dish. Of the 35 kitchens listed, 14 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 9 sit within a dollar of it and 12 charge more than a dollar over.

We track burrito in 104 other areas and compare them all on burrito across United States. The typical price there runs $13.00 at the median, so Chicago is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 57 of the 104. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.15 at La Fiesta in Springfield, IL, and the highest best price is $16.63 in Santa Monica, CA. The nearest area with it is Milwaukee, about 84 mi away, where the best price is $8.00.

Where is the cheapest burrito in Chicago? Burrito House, at $4.75 on 3718 N Elston Ave. The same dish reaches $28.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $23.25.

What should burrito cost here? About $12.99 is the typical price across the 35 kitchens in Chicago that list it. Of the ones listed above, 14 are more than a dollar below that and 12 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 Milwaukee, about 84 mi away, where the best price is $8.00. That is $3.25 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.