Wings in Des Moines

10 restaurants in Des Moines list wings on their menus. The cheapest is Felix & Oscar's at $10.99, listed as Chicken Wings. The typical price across town is $14.50, and the dearest we found is $18.00 at Cheese Bar, so the two ends of the list are $7.01 apart, which is 64% more for the same dish. Of the 10 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 5 sit within a dollar of it and 3 charge more than a dollar over.

We track wings in 969 other areas and compare them all on wings across United States. The typical price there runs $12.98 at the median, so Des Moines is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 204 of the 969. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Uno Pizza in Philadelphia, PA, and the highest best price is $17.55 in Paramus, NJ. The nearest area with it is West Des Moines, about 10 mi away, where the best price is $8.00.

Where is the cheapest wings in Des Moines? Felix & Oscar's, at $10.99 on 4050 Merle Hay Road. The same dish reaches $18.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $7.01.

What should wings cost here? About $14.50 is the typical price across the 10 kitchens in Des Moines that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 3 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 West Des Moines, about 10 mi away, where the best price is $8.00. That is $2.99 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.