Burrito in Providence

5 restaurants in Providence list burrito on their menus. The cheapest is Baja's Taqueria at $11.00. The typical price across town is $15.99, and the dearest we found is $18.50 at Antonio's, so the two ends of the list are $7.50 apart, which is 68% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track burrito in 104 other areas and compare them all on burrito across United States. The typical price there runs $13.00 at the median, so Providence is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 15 of the 104. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.15 at La Fiesta in Springfield, IL, and the highest best price is $16.63 in Santa Monica, CA. The nearest area with it is Newport, about 24 mi away, where the best price is $12.00.

Where is the cheapest burrito in Providence? Baja's Taqueria, at $11.00 on 223 Thayer Street. The same dish reaches $18.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $7.50.

What should burrito cost here? About $15.99 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Providence that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 2 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 Newport, about 24 mi away, where the best price is $12.00. That is $1.00 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.