There’s a Korean fried chicken restaurant coming to Virginia Square.
A new location of bb.q Chicken is planning to open in April at 3503 Fairfax Drive, franchise co-owner Lydia Om confirmed to ARLnow.
It’s opening along Fairfax Drive at the corner of N. Lincoln Street. That’s the former location of Cosi restaurant, which closed about three years ago.
It’s also about half of a block from the Virginia Square Metro station and just down the street from the Arlington campus of George Mason University.
There are more than 130 locations of Korea-based bb.q Chicken in the United States, specializing in Korean-styled fried chicken. Among them: five locations in Northern Virginia, including in Chantilly and Falls Church.
However, those are run by different franchisees than that which is opening in Virginia Square.
The location in Virginia Square, Arlington’s first, is set to be run by Om and her husband Harrison Om. This will be their first restaurant after running a grocery store in D.C. for years. They’ve decided to open their restaurant in Arlington because they “love” to come to eat here and know there is a crowd hungry for Korean fried chicken.
Om and bb.q Chicken have applied for a Virginia ABC license and are set to serve alcohol.
Nearby, the Arlington campus of George Mason University is currently undergoing a $250 million expansion.