October 2026 · 13 independent restaurants
Average burger price in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX: $9.99
We checked 13 independent restaurant menus across Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Plano. The median burger costs $9.99. Prices run from $7.99 to $15.00. Chains are excluded, and every price links to the menu where we saw it.
Just added · all 13 checked today
$9.99
Median burger · 13 independents
$7.99–$15.00
Range, cheapest to priciest
1.5 lb
of South region retail ground beef ($6.50/lb, Sep 2026) costs the same as the median burger
The restaurants
Every burger we checked in Dallas–Fort Worth
Sorted from cheapest to priciest. Click a column to re-sort. The status column shows how fresh each price is.
| Sky Rocket Burger | Dallas TX | Single Burger | $7.99 | Fresh · checked today |
| Don Burger | Garland TX | Aguacate Burgercheapest burger listed (several at $8.00) | $8.00 | Fresh · checked today |
| Wingfield's Breakfast & Burger | Dallas TX | Hamburger | $8.31 | Fresh · checked today |
| Patty Lou's Smashburgers | Plano TX | BYO Smashburger (double)build-your-own base; kids single skipped | $9.00 | Fresh · checked today |
| Jimmy's Big Burgers | Garland TX | Cheeseburger | $9.00 | Fresh · checked today |
| Adair's Saloon | Dallas TX | 1/2 Pound Hamburger | $9.50 | Fresh · checked today |
| Tailgaters | Plano TX | All-American Burger | $9.99 | Fresh · checked today |
| Maple & Motor | Dallas TX | Burger | $11.50 | Fresh · checked today |
| Tommy's Hamburger Grill | Fort Worth TX | Hamburger (1/2 lb) | $11.99 | Fresh · checked today |
| JD's Hamburgers | Fort Worth TX | Plain Hamburgersmall local group | $12.99 | Fresh · checked today |
| Fred's Texas Cafe | Fort Worth TX | Fredburger | $14.00 | Fresh · checked today |
| Dusty's Deep Ellum | Dallas TX | Dusty Burger | $15.00 | Fresh · checked today |
| Uptown Pub | Dallas TX | Cheeseburger | $15.00 | Fresh · checked today |
13 restaurants · median $9.99 · Download CSV · Each link goes to the page where we saw the price.
How the status badges work
- Up $1.00 · 2 wks ago Down $0.50 · 3 days ago A later check found a different price than the one before it. Shown for 60 days after the check that found it.
- Holding · 4 wks The same price on at least two checks. The time shown is only the span we verified, from the first check at this price to the latest. We never assume a price held between checks.
- Fresh · checked today First checked today, so there's nothing to compare against yet.
- New this week Added in the last 7 days, one check so far.
- Checked 3 wks ago One check, older than a week. Stale · checked 2 mos ago Not re-checked in 45+ days.
Badges are worked out from each price's first-seen and last-checked dates, then recalculated in your browser against today's date. Hover over or tap a badge to see the exact dates.
The cost side
Beef costs for Dallas–Fort Worth
BLS publishes a Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington index for "meats, poultry, fish, and eggs" (CUURS37ASAF112), but no beef-only or dollars-per-pound series at the metro level.
Ground beef, $/lb
Local meat prices (metro CPI)
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much is a burger in Dallas–Fort Worth?
In our October 2026 check of 13 independent restaurants in the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX area, the median burger price was $9.99. Prices ranged from $7.99 (Sky Rocket Burger, Single Burger) to $15.00 (Uptown Pub, Cheeseburger). Chains are excluded.
Where is the cheapest burger in Dallas–Fort Worth in this index?
The three lowest prices we found: Sky Rocket Burger in Dallas TX, Single Burger at $7.99; Don Burger in Garland TX, Aguacate Burger at $8.00; Wingfield's Breakfast & Burger in Dallas TX, Hamburger at $8.31. Prices can change, so check the restaurant's menu before you go.
Are burgers more expensive in Dallas–Fort Worth than in other metros?
Dallas–Fort Worth's median is $9.99. The other metros we track: Providence $16.48; Boston $17.50; Sarasota–Tampa $14.95; New York $16.75; Los Angeles $10.25; Chicago $16.95; Houston $10.00; Miami $14.50; Washington, DC $16.49; Atlanta $14.00; Philadelphia $12.25; Seattle $13.99. For a national reference, Toast's Menu Price Monitor reported a $14.80 median restaurant burger in September 2026 (source). That figure includes chains.
How do Dallas–Fort Worth burger prices compare with beef prices?
BLS doesn't publish a ground beef price for individual metros. The closest public series is the South region average retail price for 100% ground beef: $6.50/lb in September 2026. At that price, the median Dallas–Fort Worth burger costs about the same as 1.5 lb of ground beef. The BLS Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington index for meats, poultry, fish and eggs is up 44% since January 2019 (Sep 2026), compared with 41% for the U.S. city average.
Are restaurants in Dallas–Fort Worth raising burger prices?
We can't say yet. Every Dallas–Fort Worth price in the index has been checked once (Oct 17, 2026), and the Price Pulse only compares a restaurant's price with its own previous check. It will show raises, cuts and holds after the next monthly check.
How are these prices collected?
We read each independent restaurant's own website, menu PDF or ordering page and record the cheapest standard full-size beef burger. Kids, happy-hour, late-night and slider prices are skipped, and so are menus we couldn't verify. Every row links to its source. See the methodology.
How often is this page updated?
Menus are re-checked monthly, and each price shows a status badge (New, Holding, Up, Down, Stale) based on its check dates. The current prices were checked Oct 17, 2026 to Oct 17, 2026.