Onion Rings in Jamaica Plain

7 restaurants in Jamaica Plain list onion rings on their menus. The cheapest is Burrito's Pizzeria at $4.70. The typical price across town is $6.75, and the dearest we found is $11.87 at The Real Deal, so the two ends of the list are $7.17 apart, which is 153% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 3 charge more than a dollar over.

We track onion rings in 500 other areas and compare them all on onion rings across United States. The typical price there runs $7.95 at the median, so Jamaica Plain is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 409 of the 500. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Lucky's Burger and Brews in Marietta, GA, and the highest best price is $11.00 in Bellevue, WA. The nearest area with it is Brookline, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $6.49.

Where is the cheapest onion rings in Jamaica Plain? Burrito's Pizzeria, at $4.70 on 3492 Washington St. The same dish reaches $11.87 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $7.17.

What should onion rings cost here? About $6.75 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Jamaica Plain that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 3 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 Brookline, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $6.49. That is $1.79 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.