What the big chains actually charge in Chicago — read from each chain's own ordering system at 356 restaurants, with the cheapest and priciest locations named.
Prices checked November 5, 2026 · 10 chains priced in Chicago
Every figure below comes from Chicago restaurants' own listed prices. Illinois ranks #25 of 51 in our fast food prices by state index, paying 1.3% above the national typical price.
| Chain | Restaurants | Signature item | Chicago typical | US typical | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | 101 | Big Mac® | $6.29 | $6.09 | +3.3% |
| Burger King | 44 | Whopper | $5.99 | $6.19 | -3.2% |
| Chipotle | 43 | Chicken Burrito | $9.65 | $9.80 | -1.5% |
| Taco Bell | 41 | Crunchwrap Supreme® | $7.99 | $6.79 | +17.7% |
| Popeyes | 36 | Classic Chicken Sandwich | $5.64 | $5.79 | -2.6% |
| Domino's | 33 | Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza | $16.88 | $14.99 | +12.6% |
| Wendy's | 25 | Dave's Single® | $5.79 | $5.99 | -3.3% |
| Chick-fil-A | 13 | Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich | $6.15 | $5.25 | +17.1% |
| Papa John's | 10 | 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | $21.49 | $17.50 | +22.8% |
| KFC | 10 | 8 pc. Chicken Only | $23.59 | $20.99 | +12.4% |
Typical prices in Chicago: Big Mac® $6.29 · Quarter Pounder® with Cheese $5.99 · McCrispy™ $4.99
Cheapest Big Mac®: $4.99 at 4601 W Diversey (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $6.81 at O'Hare Airport - ORD TERM 5 Arrivals.
Typical prices in Chicago: Whopper $5.99 · Whopper with Cheese $5.99 · Original Chicken Sandwich $5.79
Cheapest Whopper: $5.89 at 11020 South Kedzie Avenue (one of 5 at this price) · priciest: $9.19 at 151 North Michigan Ave.
Typical prices in Chicago: Chicken Burrito $9.65 · Chicken Bowl $9.65 · Steak Burrito $11.65
Cheapest Chicken Burrito: $8.45 at 6600 N Sheridan Rd (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $10.65 at 725 S Seeley St.
Typical prices in Chicago: Crunchwrap Supreme® $7.99 · Mexican Pizza $6.99 · Burrito Supreme® $7.59
Cheapest Crunchwrap Supreme®: $5.49 at 3001 N. Broadway · priciest: $8.49 at 1429 W Taylor St (one of 19 at this price).
Typical prices in Chicago: Classic Chicken Sandwich $5.64 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.64 · Regular Cajun Fries $3.19
Cheapest Classic Chicken Sandwich: $4.99 at 5353 N Harlem Ave (one of 6 at this price) · priciest: $6.99 at 2556 S California Ave (one of 2 at this price).
Typical prices in Chicago: Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza $16.88 · Medium (12") Hand Tossed Pizza $14.88 · Stuffed Cheesy Bread $9.99
Cheapest Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza: $14.49 at 4039 W 26th St (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $18.99 at 2401 N Clybourn Ave (one of 8 at this price).
Typical prices in Chicago: Dave's Single® $5.79 · Baconator® $7.99 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $6.39
Cheapest Dave's Single®: $5.59 at 2811 N Narragansett Ave · priciest: $6.39 at 758 West 117Th Street.
Typical prices in Chicago: Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich $6.15 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $6.55 · 8 ct Chick-fil-A® Nuggets $6.25
Cheapest Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich: $5.45 at 4733 W 76th St · priciest: $6.35 at 177 N State St.
Typical prices in Chicago: 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza $21.49 · 14 Inch Original Create Your Own $21.49 · 14 Inch Thin Pepperoni Pizza $21.49
Cheapest 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza: $19.48 at 4606 West Diversey Avenue (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $22.84 at 2620 N. Narragansett Avenue.
Typical prices in Chicago: 8 pc. Chicken Only $23.59 · Famous Bowl $6.79 · 3 pc. Chicken Combo $11.84
Cheapest 8 pc. Chicken Only: $22.99 at 4804 N. Sheridan Road (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $23.79 at 7445 S Stony Island Ave (one of 4 at this price).
The typical price is $6.29 across the 101 McDonald's restaurants we price in Chicago (checked November 5, 2026). The US typical price is $6.09.
The same Whopper costs $5.89 at the Burger King on 11020 South Kedzie Avenue and $9.19 at 151 North Michigan Ave — 56% more, inside one city. (5 Chicago locations charge the low price and 1 charge the high; the two named are examples.)
McDonald's, with prices tracked at 101 Chicago restaurants, of the 356 restaurants across 10 chains in this guide.
We read the price of every item on the menu at each restaurant from the chain's own ordering system, every week. A "typical" price is the median across the restaurants named on the page, and every restaurant counts once: when a menu lists the same item twice under two spellings, the restaurant still contributes one price. The cheapest and priciest restaurants named on this page exclude the handful of listings whose price sits outside 0.4–2.5× the item's national typical price — a $99 sauce cup is a till glitch, not a price, and it should not be able to win "priciest" either. Named extremes also exclude one-day pricing anomalies: a price that appears at dozens of restaurants in a single day's collection and nowhere else in our archive is treated as a collection glitch, not a price, though those restaurants still count toward every typical price. State and city indexes average each menu item's local typical price against its national typical price, so every item counts once and no single chain dominates.