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.”