Hummus in Washington

11 restaurants in Washington list hummus on their menus. The cheapest is SundeVich at $5.00. The typical price across town is $11.00, and the dearest we found is $22.00 at Bourbon Steak, so the two ends of the list are $17.00 apart, which is 340% more for the same dish. Of the 11 kitchens listed, 4 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 4 charge more than a dollar over.

We track hummus in 17 other areas and compare them all on hummus across United States. The typical price there runs $10.00 at the median, so Washington is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 4 of the 17. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.49 at Royal Pizza in Los Angeles, CA, and the highest best price is $8.25 in Leesburg, VA. The nearest area with it is Falls Church, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $6.00.

Where is the cheapest hummus in Washington? SundeVich, at $5.00. The same dish reaches $22.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $17.00.

What should hummus cost here? About $11.00 is the typical price across the 11 kitchens in Washington that list it. Of the ones listed above, 4 are more than a dollar below that and 4 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 Falls Church, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $6.00. 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.