Contributing to the deluge of fried hen joints taking up in Seattle recently, Filipino fast-food chain Jollibee will eventually be opening first its Seattle restaurant subsequent weekend. Sizzling on the heels of its Tacoma Mall opening in October 2023, the nation’s latest Jollibee will probably be shifting into Rainier Valley Sq., at 3820 Rainier Avenue South, alongside the Safeway. This can be a separate location from the one at Southcenter Mall, which opened again in 2010 (however is simply over town limits in Tukwila, not Seattle).
As of Friday, June 7, Filipino fast-food aficionados can buzz over to Rainier Valley to get their fried Chickenjoy repair, in addition to the chain’s signature Jolly Spaghetti, made with a candy banana ketchup base and accented by melted cheese, floor beef, and sizzling canines. Different menu faves embody “burger steaks” (burger patties) smothered in gravy and served with steamed rice, peach–mango and DayGlo-purple ube pies, and palabok (garlic-sauced noodles with shrimp, pork, and hardboiled eggs).
In the event you’re not acquainted with this multinational chain: It’s increasing quickly in the US. This grand opening marks the third Jollibee retailer in Washington State however the a hundred and first retailer in North America — evaluate with the 1,500-plus extant Jollibees throughout the planet. The chain declares its intent to concentrate on the Queens, New York, and Arlington, Texas, areas because it continues to develop, each of that are dwelling to sizable Filipino communities. Portland, Oregon, is reportedly in its sights as effectively. So put together to note its anthropomorphic bee chef character peering at you from the aspect of the highway extra typically over the following few years.
Jollibee’s menu has cultivated some very passionate devotees, and lengthy traces are anticipated on the new Rainier location, if final 12 months’s opening in Tacoma is any indication. So, if you happen to’re going, plan accordingly.
