What the big chains actually charge in New Orleans — read from each chain's own ordering system at 74 restaurants, with the cheapest and priciest locations named.
Prices checked November 5, 2026 · 10 chains priced in New Orleans
Every figure below comes from New Orleans restaurants' own listed prices. Louisiana ranks #47 of 51 in our fast food prices by state index, paying 1.8% below the national typical price.
| Chain | Restaurants | Signature item | New Orleans typical | US typical | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | 15 | Big Mac® | $5.99 | $6.09 | -1.6% |
| Domino's | 11 | Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza | $13.49 | $14.99 | -10.0% |
| Wendy's | 11 | Dave's Single® | $5.79 | $5.99 | -3.3% |
| Burger King | 10 | Whopper | $6.19 | $6.19 | +0.0% |
| Popeyes | 10 | Classic Chicken Sandwich | $5.49 | $5.79 | -5.2% |
| Papa John's | 6 | 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | $17.37 | $17.50 | -0.7% |
| Taco Bell | 5 | Crunchwrap Supreme® | $6.69 | $6.79 | -1.5% |
| Chick-fil-A | 3 | Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich | $5.09 | $5.25 | -3.0% |
| Chipotle | 2 | Chicken Burrito | — | $9.80 | |
| KFC | 1 | 8 pc. Chicken Only | — | $20.99 |
Typical prices in New Orleans: Big Mac® $5.99 · Quarter Pounder® with Cheese $6.29 · McCrispy™ $5.59
Cheapest Big Mac®: $4.99 at 3250 General Degaulle Dr · priciest: $6.99 at 2856 South Claiborne (one of 4 at this price).
Typical prices in New Orleans: Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza $13.49 · Medium (12") Hand Tossed Pizza $11.24 · Stuffed Cheesy Bread $7.99
Cheapest Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza: $12.99 at 3931 Downman Rd · priciest: $15.49 at 5240 Elysian Fields Ave (one of 5 at this price).
Typical prices in New Orleans: Dave's Single® $5.79 · Baconator® $7.79 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $6.19
Every priced Wendy's in New Orleans charges $5.79 for a Dave's Single®.
Typical prices in New Orleans: Whopper $6.19 · Whopper with Cheese $6.19 · Original Chicken Sandwich $5.59
Every priced Burger King in New Orleans charges $6.19 for a Whopper.
Typical prices in New Orleans: Classic Chicken Sandwich $5.49 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.49 · Regular Cajun Fries $3.29
Cheapest Classic Chicken Sandwich: $5.49 at 1243 Saint Charles Ave (one of 9 at this price) · priciest: $5.99 at 621 Canal St.
Typical prices in New Orleans: 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza $17.37 · 14 Inch Original Create Your Own $17.16 · 14 Inch Thin Pepperoni Pizza $17.37
Cheapest 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza: $15.49 at 3580 Holiday Drive · priciest: $17.94 at 1029 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
Typical prices in New Orleans: Crunchwrap Supreme® $6.69 · Mexican Pizza $6.49 · Burrito Supreme® $5.99
Cheapest Crunchwrap Supreme®: $5.89 at 6007 Bullard Ave · priciest: $7.19 at 2800 S Claiborne Ave.
Typical prices in New Orleans: Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich $5.09 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.49 · 8 ct Chick-fil-A® Nuggets $5.19
The typical price is $5.99 across the 15 McDonald's restaurants we price in New Orleans (checked November 5, 2026). The US typical price is $6.09.
The same Big Mac® costs $4.99 at the McDonald's on 3250 General Degaulle Dr and $6.99 at 2856 South Claiborne — 40% more, inside one city. (1 New Orleans locations charge the low price and 4 charge the high; the two named are examples.)
McDonald's, with prices tracked at 15 New Orleans restaurants, of the 74 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.