Tuna Sandwich in Jamaica Plain

3 restaurants in Jamaica Plain list tuna sandwich on their menus. The cheapest is Burrito's Pizzeria at $7.25. The typical price across town is $8.40, and the dearest we found is $11.06 at Round Two Pizza & Subs, so the two ends of the list are $3.81 apart, which is 53% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges 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 tuna sandwich in 6 other areas and compare them all on tuna sandwich across United States. The typical price there runs $13.99 at the median, so Jamaica Plain is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 6 of the 6. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $7.75 at Alamo Roast Beef & Seafood in Medford, MA, and the highest best price is $17.60 in Burbank, CA. The nearest area with it is Medford, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $7.75.

Where is the cheapest tuna sandwich in Jamaica Plain? Burrito's Pizzeria, at $7.25 on 3492 Washington St. The same dish reaches $11.06 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $3.81.

What should tuna sandwich cost here? About $8.40 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Jamaica Plain that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is 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 Medford, about 7 mi away, where the best price is $7.75. That is $0.50 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.