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6 restaurants in Indianapolis list calamari on their menus. The cheapest is Sushi Den at $10.00, listed as Crispy Calamari. The typical price across town is $17.00, and the dearest we found is $20.00 at Harry & Izzy's, so the two ends of the list are $10.00 apart, which is 100% more for the same dish. Of the 6 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.
We track calamari in 493 other areas and compare them all on calamari across United States. The typical price there runs $15.42 at the median, so Indianapolis is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 98 of the 493. 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 Cincinnati, about 100 mi away, where the best price is $7.99.
Where is the cheapest calamari in Indianapolis? Sushi Den, at $10.00 on 233 South Delaware Street. The same dish reaches $20.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $10.00.
What should calamari cost here? About $17.00 is the typical price across the 6 kitchens in Indianapolis that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 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 Cincinnati, about 100 mi away, where the best price is $7.99. That is $2.01 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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis, IN this page |
$10.00 | $17.00 | 6 |
| Cincinnati, OH
Montgomery Inn · about 100 mi away |
$7.99 | $15.00 | 3 |
| Champaign, IL
Oishi Hibachi Steak House · about 115 mi away |
$8.50 | $14.95 | 4 |
| Louisville, KY
Sumo Sushi all you can eat · about 116 mi away |
$9.00 | $17.00 | 4 |
| Elizabethtown, KY
Ginza Hibachi · about 152 mi away |
$5.00 | $12.00 | 4 |
| Chicago, IL
Calumet Fisheries · about 161 mi away |
$6.19 | $16.00 | 50 |
| Columbus, OH
Castello Pizza · about 164 mi away |
$6.99 | $10.00 | 9 |
| Franklin Park, IL
Nick & Bruno's Pizzeria · about 169 mi away |
$13.99 | $15.25 | 3 |
| Harwood Heights, IL
Cafe DiMaggio · about 170 mi away |
$19.75 | $21.00 | 3 |
| Elmhurst, IL
DiLeo's Pizzeria · about 170 mi away |
$11.00 | $16.95 | 4 |
| Addison, IL
San Remo Cafe Pizza · about 174 mi away |
$11.99 | $13.00 | 3 |
| Arlington Heights, IL
Magy's Pizza · about 181 mi away |
$7.99 | $18.50 | 3 |
| Ann Arbor, MI
Plate Sushi & Chicken · about 207 mi away |
$7.00 | $18.00 | 5 |
Items are grouped by dish, so names vary a little between restaurants. Each price is what that menu listed on the date shown beside it, not a daily special, so a restaurant may have changed it since. The typical price is the middle of every price we hold for this dish in Indianapolis.