BLT Sandwich in Philadelphia

63 restaurants in Philadelphia list BLT sandwich on their menus, and the 40 cheapest are listed above. The cheapest is Don Giovanni's II at $5.45. The typical price across town is $8.50, and the dearest of the 40 listed is $9.10 at Parmello Pizza & Steak, so the two ends of the list are $3.65 apart, which is 67% more for the same dish. Of the 40 kitchens listed, 17 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 23 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track BLT sandwich in 23 other areas and compare them all on BLT sandwich across United States. The typical price there runs $9.59 at the median, so Philadelphia is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 13 of the 23. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.99 at Chicago Pizza & Grill in Baltimore, MD, and the highest best price is $11.90 in Saint Louis, MO. The nearest area with it is Norristown, about 14 mi away, where the best price is $7.50.

Where is the cheapest BLT sandwich in Philadelphia? Don Giovanni's II, at $5.45 on 2900 Levick St. The same dish reaches $9.10 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $3.65.

What should BLT sandwich cost here? About $8.50 is the typical price across the 63 kitchens in Philadelphia that list it. Of the ones listed above, 17 are 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 Norristown, about 14 mi away, where the best price is $7.50. That is $2.05 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.