Jollibee is coming to the D.C. area with its first location set to open Thursday in Wheaton, Maryland. (Courtesy Jollibee) Popular Filipino fast-food chain Jollibee will open its first location in the D.C. area Thursday at the Westfield Wheaton Mall, at 2800 University Blvd. West in Wheaton, Maryland. D.C. is part of the chain’s big expansion push into the U.S. market. Since the beginning of this year, it has opened five new U.S. locations and expects to open 300 locations throughout North America by 2024. It has signed a lease for a second D.C. area location in Alexandria, Virginia, at the Plaza at Landmark, at 4809 Beauregard St., though no opening date for the second location has been set.