About ABC Brickworks Food Centre
ABC Brickworks Food Centre is a well-known hawker centre and market at 6 Jalan Bukit Merah in the Bukit Merah planning area of Singapore. Located near Redhill MRT, it houses around 100 cooked food and market stalls across two levels. Notable for its long history dating to the former Alexandra Brickworks area and its wide variety of affordable local dishes, it is a popular everyday dining destination for residents and visitors exploring central-southern Singapore.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a large, open-air two-storey hawker centre with rows of cooked-food stalls on the ground floor and market produce stalls. The setting is functional and bustling, with shared tables and chairs, tray-return stations and handwashing points. Surroundings are residential with nearby HDB estates and Alexandra Canal. Visitors can explore a wide range of affordable Singaporean and Chinese, Malay and Indian dishes, observe local hawker operations, and dine in a casual communal environment.
Key highlights
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One of Bukit Merah's largest and longest-established hawker centres with about 90-100 stalls
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Wide variety of affordable local dishes including char kway teow, hokkien mee, fish soup and satay
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Two-storey complex combining cooked-food centre and wet market
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Located near Alexandra Canal Linear Park and Redhill MRT for easy access
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Recognised as part of Singapore's hawker culture
History of ABC Brickworks Food Centre
The name ABC refers to the Alexandra Brickworks Company, which operated brick kilns in the area during the early to mid-20th century. The food centre and market were developed to serve the Bukit Merah housing estate, one of Singapore's early public housing areas, and has operated since the 1970s as a community market and cooked-food centre.
Culture & Context
Represents Singapore's hawker centre culture, a communal dining tradition recognised on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It serves as a daily community hub for affordable local cuisine and social interaction for residents of Bukit Merah and Alexandra.
Route
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