Menus Across America: The Cost of Mexican-Inspired Foods

Every year new food trends land on the scene and chefs jump on the bandwagon looking for unique ways to add these items to their menus. In 2017, one trend seems to stand out above the rest. From taco trucks to taquerias, Mexican Food is “hot, hot, hot." Even The New Yorker has taken notice of the trend. Our team also took a closer look at this trend by digging into more than 4,700 menus, together containing 96,000+ menu items, to learn more. We found that two Mexican-inspired foods stood out more than any others.  Tacos and guacamole show up quite a bit across our database of menus, which are two staples in the Mexican food world. Our analysis also dug into cost data and what we saw was somewhat surprising.Let’s look at tacos first. Our team pulled specific data for restaurants that have tacos on their menus and found that the median price for this dish comes in at $11.28.  Our data set can search in a number of unique ways. So we decided to search by state and learned that if…