Grilled Salmon in Washington

10 restaurants in Washington list grilled salmon on their menus. The cheapest is Sanphan Thai at $20.00. The typical price across town is $28.00, and the dearest we found is $52.00 at RARE Steaks & Seafood, so the two ends of the list are $32.00 apart, which is 160% more for the same dish. Of the 10 kitchens listed, 4 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 grilled salmon in 27 other areas and compare them all on grilled salmon across United States. The typical price there runs $24.70 at the median, so Washington is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 6 of the 27. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.00 at Labi's Pizza in Allen, TX, and the highest best price is $30.95 in Great Neck, NY. The nearest area with it is Columbia, about 22 mi away, where the best price is $29.00.

Where is the cheapest grilled salmon in Washington? Sanphan Thai, at $20.00 on 653 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast. The same dish reaches $52.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $32.00.

What should grilled salmon cost here? About $28.00 is the typical price across the 10 kitchens in Washington that list it. Of the ones listed above, 4 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 Columbia, about 22 mi away, where the best price is $29.00. That is $9.00 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.