Carne Asada in Springfield

3 restaurants in Springfield list carne asada on their menus. The cheapest is Boone's at $14.00. The typical price across town is $15.60, and the dearest we found is $17.99 at Xochimilco, so the two ends of the list are $3.99 apart, which is 28% 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 carne asada in 1 other area and compare them all on carne asada across United States. The typical price there runs $22.00 at the median, so Springfield is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 1 of the 1. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $19.00 at Ajo Al's Mexican Cafe in Scottsdale, AZ. The nearest area with it is Scottsdale, about 1290 mi away, where the best price is $19.00.

Where is the cheapest carne asada in Springfield? Boone's, at $14.00 on 301 West Edwards Street. The same dish reaches $17.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $3.99.

What should carne asada cost here? About $15.60 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Springfield 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 Scottsdale, about 1290 mi away, where the best price is $19.00. That is $5.00 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.