3 restaurants in Minneapolis list mac and cheese on their menus. The cheapest is The Loop at $12.00, listed as Mac & Cheese. The typical price across town is $14.95, and the dearest we found is $17.00 at The Butcher's Tale, so the two ends of the list are $5.00 apart, which is 42% 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 mac and cheese in 4 other areas and compare them all on mac and cheese across United States. The typical price there runs $9.00 at the median, so Minneapolis is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 1 of the 4. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.00 at Vegelicious in Nashville, TN, and the highest best price is $8.00 in Portland, OR. The nearest area with it is Indianapolis, about 506 mi away, where the best price is $7.99.
Where is the cheapest mac and cheese in Minneapolis? The Loop, at $12.00 on 606 Washington Ave. N.. The same dish reaches $17.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $5.00.
What should mac and cheese cost here? About $14.95 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Minneapolis 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 Indianapolis, about 506 mi away, where the best price is $7.99. That is $4.01 less than the best here, though whether that is worth the journey is your call.
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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis, MN this page |
$12.00 | $14.95 | 3 |
| Indianapolis, IN
Somos Familia Mexican Restaurant · about 506 mi away |
$7.99 | $9.00 | 3 |
| Cincinnati, OH
Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern · about 603 mi away |
$6.29 | $8.00 | 3 |
| Nashville, TN
Vegelicious · about 697 mi away |
$5.00 | $7.00 | 4 |
| Portland, OR
Mama Mia · about 1422 mi away |
$8.00 | $16.00 | 3 |
Items are grouped by dish, so names vary a little between restaurants. Each price is what that menu listed on the date shown beside it, not a daily special, so a restaurant may have changed it since. The typical price is the middle of every price we hold for this dish in Minneapolis.