Jollibee, a Filipino fast-food restaurant, to open in Lincolnia

A typical Jollibee restaurant. [Washington Business Journal]

The vacant building on N. Beauregard Street in
Lincolnia that formerly housed Boston Market will be taken over by the Jollibee Filipino
fast-food chain, the Washington Business Journal reports.

Jollibee’s bills itself as “the home of the
famous chickenjoy,” a fried chicken bucket. The menu also features “yum
burgers,” “jolly spaghetti,” “burger steak,” and palabok (a traditional
Filipino noodle dish with garlic sauce, crushed pork rind, shrimp, and egg),

The fast-growing Jollibee chain 1,300 restaurants worldwide,
and at least 46 in the United States. There’s one in Virginia Beach and another
under construction in Montgomery County, Md.

The WBJ article includes some
quotes from the late Anthony Bourdain in his show “Parts Unknown.” He called jolly
spaghetti “deranged” yet “strangely alluring.” He said one dessert makes “no
goddamn sense at all,” but “I love it,” and called the restaurant the “wackiest, jolliest place on earth.”