Mozzarella Sticks in Washington

16 restaurants in Washington list mozzarella sticks on their menus. The cheapest is Americas Best Wingstop at $5.20. The typical price across town is $8.99, and the dearest we found is $14.25 at Astro Beer Hall, so the two ends of the list are $9.05 apart, which is 174% more for the same dish. Of the 16 kitchens listed, 4 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 7 sit within a dollar of it and 5 charge more than a dollar over.

We track mozzarella sticks in 701 other areas and compare them all on mozzarella sticks across United States. The typical price there runs $9.90 at the median, so Washington is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 461 of the 701. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Master's Pizza in New York, NY, and the highest best price is $11.28 in Lake Grove, NY. The nearest area with it is Alexandria, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $5.99.

Where is the cheapest mozzarella sticks in Washington? Americas Best Wingstop, at $5.20 on 1001 U St NW. The same dish reaches $14.25 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.05.

What should mozzarella sticks cost here? About $8.99 is the typical price across the 16 kitchens in Washington that list it. Of the ones listed above, 4 are more than a dollar below that and 5 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 Alexandria, about 8 mi away, where the best price is $5.99. That is $0.79 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.