Gyro Sandwich in El Cajon

5 restaurants in El Cajon list gyro sandwich on their menus. The cheapest is Bambino's Pizza & Deli #4 at $8.99. The typical price across town is $11.99, and the dearest we found is $12.99 at Shinar Pizza Market, so the two ends of the list are $4.00 apart, which is 44% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track gyro sandwich in 8 other areas and compare them all on gyro sandwich across United States. The typical price there runs $13.49 at the median, so El Cajon is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 5 of the 8. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.99 at Redd's Pastapizzaria in Milwaukee, WI, and the highest best price is $15.00 in Alexandria, VA. The nearest area with it is San Diego, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $9.99.

Where is the cheapest gyro sandwich in El Cajon? Bambino's Pizza & Deli #4, at $8.99 on 762 N Johnson Ave. The same dish reaches $12.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $4.00.

What should gyro sandwich cost here? About $11.99 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in El Cajon that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 0 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 San Diego, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $9.99. That is $1.00 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.