What the big chains actually charge in Detroit — read from each chain's own ordering system at 72 restaurants, with the cheapest and priciest locations named.
Prices checked November 5, 2026 · 10 chains priced in Detroit
Every figure below comes from Detroit restaurants' own listed prices. Michigan ranks #27 of 51 in our fast food prices by state index, paying 0.7% above the national typical price.
| Chain | Restaurants | Signature item | Detroit typical | US typical | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | 23 | Big Mac® | $6.19 | $6.09 | +1.6% |
| Wendy's | 13 | Dave's Single® | $5.89 | $5.99 | -1.7% |
| KFC | 11 | 8 pc. Chicken Only | $23.79 | $20.99 | +13.3% |
| Domino's | 8 | Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza | $13.99 | $14.99 | -6.7% |
| Popeyes | 6 | Classic Chicken Sandwich | $5.49 | $5.79 | -5.2% |
| Burger King | 4 | Whopper | $6.49 | $6.19 | +4.8% |
| Taco Bell | 2 | Crunchwrap Supreme® | — | $6.79 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 2 | Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich | — | $5.25 | |
| Chipotle | 2 | Chicken Burrito | — | $9.80 | |
| Papa John's | 1 | 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | — | $17.50 |
Typical prices in Detroit: Big Mac® $6.19 · Quarter Pounder® with Cheese $5.69 · McCrispy™ $4.99
Cheapest Big Mac®: $5.69 at 6003 West Vernor Highway (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $7.80 at 601 W Rogell Drive (one of 2 at this price).
Typical prices in Detroit: Dave's Single® $5.89 · Baconator® $8.79 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $6.49
Cheapest Dave's Single®: $5.69 at 17010 Harper Ave (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $5.99 at 7850 Gratiot (one of 6 at this price).
Typical prices in Detroit: 8 pc. Chicken Only $23.79 · Famous Bowl $7.29 · 3 pc. Chicken Combo $12.69
Cheapest 8 pc. Chicken Only: $22.99 at 2601 W Davison Avenue · priciest: $23.79 at 14201 W 7 Mile Rd (one of 10 at this price).
Typical prices in Detroit: Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza $13.99 · Medium (12") Hand Tossed Pizza $10.99 · Stuffed Cheesy Bread $8.49
Cheapest Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza: $11.99 at 15803 Mack Ave (one of 3 at this price) · priciest: $15.99 at 10437 West McNichols (one of 2 at this price).
Typical prices in Detroit: Classic Chicken Sandwich $5.49 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.49 · Regular Cajun Fries $2.99
Cheapest Classic Chicken Sandwich: $5.49 at 16701 Harper Ave (one of 4 at this price) · priciest: $5.69 at 14300 Livernois Ave (one of 2 at this price).
Typical prices in Detroit: Whopper $6.49 · Whopper with Cheese $6.49 · Original Chicken Sandwich $5.94
The typical price is $6.19 across the 23 McDonald's restaurants we price in Detroit (checked November 5, 2026). The US typical price is $6.09.
The same Big Mac® costs $5.69 at the McDonald's on 6003 West Vernor Highway and $7.80 at 601 W Rogell Drive — 37% more, inside one city. (2 Detroit locations charge the low price and 2 charge the high; the two named are examples.)
McDonald's, with prices tracked at 23 Detroit restaurants, of the 72 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.