Calamari in Herndon

3 restaurants in Herndon list calamari on their menus. The cheapest is Mr Pepperoni at $8.99, listed as Fried Calamari. The typical price across town is $13.95, and the dearest we found is $14.99 at Uncle Jalapeno, so the two ends of the list are $6.00 apart, which is 67% 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 calamari in 495 other areas and compare them all on calamari across United States. The typical price there runs $15.49 at the median, so Herndon is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 398 of the 495. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.50 at French Quarter Grille in Austin, TX, and the highest best price is $19.75 in Harwood Heights, IL. The nearest area with it is Chantilly, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $11.75.

Where is the cheapest calamari in Herndon? Mr Pepperoni, at $8.99 on 303 Spring St. The same dish reaches $14.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.00.

What should calamari cost here? About $13.95 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Herndon 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 Chantilly, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $11.75. That is $2.76 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.