Hummus in Indianapolis

4 restaurants in Indianapolis list hummus on their menus. The cheapest is Union Jack Pub at $4.50. The typical price across town is $10.00, and the dearest we found is $14.00 at The Oakmont, so the two ends of the list are $9.50 apart, which is 211% 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 hummus in 17 other areas and compare them all on hummus across United States. The typical price there runs $10.00 at the median, so Indianapolis is about average, with a lower typical price than 7 of the 17. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.49 at Royal Pizza in Los Angeles, CA, and the highest best price is $8.25 in Leesburg, VA. The nearest area with it is Nashville, about 260 mi away, where the best price is $8.00.

Where is the cheapest hummus in Indianapolis? Union Jack Pub, at $4.50 on 921 Broad Ripple Avenue. The same dish reaches $14.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.50.

What should hummus cost here? About $10.00 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Indianapolis 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 Nashville, about 260 mi away, where the best price is $8.00. That is $3.50 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.