Popcorn Shrimp in Houston

4 restaurants in Houston list popcorn shrimp on their menus. The cheapest is Al's Pizza House at $6.99. The typical price across town is $9.99, and the dearest we found is $12.99 at Texas Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $6.00 apart, which is 86% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge 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 popcorn shrimp in 2 other areas and compare them all on popcorn shrimp across United States. The typical price there runs $11.00 at the median, so Houston is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 2 of the 2. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.09 at Neighborhood Cafe in Fort Walton Beach, FL, and the highest best price is $8.99 in Albany, NY. The nearest area with it is Fort Walton Beach, about 529 mi away, where the best price is $6.09.

Where is the cheapest popcorn shrimp in Houston? Al's Pizza House, at $6.99 on 2902 Greenhouse Rd. The same dish reaches $12.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.00.

What should popcorn shrimp cost here? About $9.99 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Houston that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are 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 Fort Walton Beach, about 529 mi away, where the best price is $6.09. That is $0.90 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.