It will close its central city windows for the final time at 7pm on Friday.
Crowds of people gathered at the top of Lorne Street from 11.30am on Thursday, with the line snaking around the corner to Wellesley Street.
One passer-by stopped to ask if Justin Bieber was in town, but Bieber Fever this is not. All these people were waiting for was pancakes; specifically, Korean filled pancakes from the hole-in-the-wall that has been there since 2004.
The line for No.1 Pancake stretching back onto Wellesley Street.
Photo: RNZ/Katie Fitzgerald
No.1 Pancake will end its run in the central city on Friday, and will move 18km north to Rosedale.