Burrito in Indianapolis

5 restaurants in Indianapolis list burrito on their menus. The cheapest is Denny's at $8.00, listed as Grand Slam® Burrito. The typical price across town is $11.59, and the dearest we found is $18.00 at Tavern at the Point, so the two ends of the list are $10.00 apart, which is 125% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track burrito in 104 other areas and compare them all on burrito across United States. The typical price there runs $13.00 at the median, so Indianapolis is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 76 of the 104. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.15 at La Fiesta in Springfield, IL, and the highest best price is $16.63 in Santa Monica, CA. The nearest area with it is Cincinnati, about 100 mi away, where the best price is $13.00.

Where is the cheapest burrito in Indianapolis? Denny's, at $8.00 on 8901 South U.S Highway 31. The same dish reaches $18.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $10.00.

What should burrito cost here? About $11.59 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Indianapolis that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 2 are 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 $13.00. That is $5.00 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.