In-N-Out is opening its first location on the Las Vegas Strip

This’ll be welcome news to the millions of Las Vegas visitors who hail from east of the Rockies (well, except for those from Dallas): Caesars Entertainment Corporation has announced that In-N-Out Burger — the iconic West Coast chain that inspires envy in much of the rest of the land for burgers made from pure beef chuck ground in its own facilities, french fries hand-cut while you watch and shakes made from real ice cream — is opening its first outlet on the Las Vegas Strip, at The Linq Promenade.

To sweeten the deal for tourists: The burger shop, scheduled to open in the fall, will be right next to another California icon — Sprinkles cupcake shop.

In-N-Out Burger is one of a number of restaurants and shops being added to the promenade. Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips, Canter’s Deli and Virgil’s Real Barbecue are expected to open in late summer.

Soon all of those Midwesterners, moved to “meh” by the Strip presence of back-home favorite White Castle, will be able to indulge in Double-Doubles — as well as 3x3’s, 4x4’s and Animal Style burgers from the Not So Secret Menu — without having to make their way to the always-crowded In-N-Out on Dean Martin Drive near Tropicana Avenue.

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