Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich in San Diego

9 restaurants in San Diego list philly cheese steak sandwich on their menus. The cheapest is Brothers' Giant Pizza at $9.99. The typical price across town is $13.10, and the dearest we found is $18.99 at Paradise Family Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $9.00 apart, which is 90% more for the same dish. Of the 9 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 3 charge more than a dollar over.

We track philly cheese steak sandwich in 2 other areas and compare them all on philly cheese steak sandwich across United States. The typical price there runs $15.99 at the median, so San Diego is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 2 of the 2. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $10.65 at D'Amato's Pizza - La Mesa in La Mesa, CA, and the highest best price is $11.95 in El Cajon, CA. The nearest area with it is La Mesa, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $10.65.

Where is the cheapest philly cheese steak sandwich in San Diego? Brothers' Giant Pizza, at $9.99 on 6690 Mission Gorge Rd. The same dish reaches $18.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.00.

What should philly cheese steak sandwich cost here? About $13.10 is the typical price across the 9 kitchens in San Diego that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 are more than a dollar below that and 3 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 La Mesa, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $10.65. That is $0.66 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.