Shrimp And Grits in Fort Walton Beach

3 restaurants in Fort Walton Beach list shrimp and grits on their menus. The cheapest is AJ's on the Bayou at $17.00, listed as Shrimp & Grits. The typical price across town is $22.99, and the dearest we found is $31.00 at AJ's Oyster Shanty, so the two ends of the list are $14.00 apart, which is 82% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp and grits in 13 other areas and compare them all on shrimp and grits across United States. The typical price there runs $22.00 at the median, so Fort Walton Beach is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 6 of the 13. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $11.00 at Gallier's Restaurant & Oyster Bar in New Orleans, LA, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Marietta, GA. The nearest area with it is Columbus, about 200 mi away, where the best price is $18.00.

Where is the cheapest shrimp and grits in Fort Walton Beach? AJ's on the Bayou, at $17.00 on 200 Eglin Pkwy NE. The same dish reaches $31.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $14.00.

What should shrimp and grits cost here? About $22.99 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Fort Walton Beach that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 1 is 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 Columbus, about 200 mi away, where the best price is $18.00. 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.