Londoners wait in line for hours to get a taste of In-N-Out Burger

The popular West Coast burger chain In-N-Out has taken a trip across the pond.

On Wednesday, an In-N-Out pop-up restaurant appeared in Swiss Cottage, London, attracting an absurd number of burger lovers to the scene. (Currently, most In-N-Out locations are in California, although they can also be found in Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Utah.)

Some dedicated people waited in line for a total of five hours, according to the Evening Standard. Despite the fact that the pop-up was only announced in a small newspaper advertisement and had designated hours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Standard reported that the line began to form at around 8 a.m. and a little more than three hours later, nearly 300 people had arrived. 

In case you're wondering just how intense the lunchtime buzz was, the video below shows the line for the restaurant, which opened at a Brazilian steak house. Eager and hungry people can be seen spanning the length of a massive street, and the line even wraps around the block.

To ensure those who arrived early would have the chance to fulfill their In-N-Out dreams should the restaurant run out of burgers, the pop-up began handing out gold wristbands to potential customers.

Dan Corbett, a 26-year-old recruitment consultant, told the Evening Standard, "I had the day off today and I thought I wasn't ever going to get a chance to do this so I decided to come down."

As we saw on Twitter, Corbett wasn't the only one pumped about the opportunity.

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Once word spread that the restaurant was only around for four hours, the wrist bands quickly ran out. Londoners who missed their chance expressed the disappointment of being burger-less on Twitter.

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In-N-Out's last appearance in the UK was in Hendon, London, back in 2012. Here's hoping the chain's fans won't have to wait another four years to get their American fast food fix.