French Fries in Mesa

4 restaurants in Mesa list french fries on their menus. The cheapest is Jimmy & Joe's Pizzeria at $4.22. The typical price across town is $5.61, and the dearest we found is $5.99 at York Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $1.77 apart, which is 42% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track french fries in 501 other areas and compare them all on french fries across United States. The typical price there runs $6.49 at the median, so Mesa is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 435 of the 501. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Big Tony's Pizza II in Chicago, IL, and the highest best price is $7.50 in Seaford, NY. The nearest area with it is Scottsdale, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $5.00.

Where is the cheapest french fries in Mesa? Jimmy & Joe's Pizzeria, at $4.22 on 1960 W Baseline Rd. The same dish reaches $5.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $1.77.

What should french fries cost here? About $5.61 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Mesa that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 0 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 Scottsdale, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $5.00. That is $0.78 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.