Restaurant Open Farm Community and Tiong Bahru Bakery Safari in Dempsey to close on Jan 11
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Open Farm Community, which occupies a 35,000 sq ft compound in the Dempsey foothills and whose restaurant served Western fare, is closing after a decade
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- Open Farm Community, a farm-to-table restaurant in Singapore, will close on January 11 after operating since 2015.
- The restaurant, known for its urban garden and locally sourced ingredients, also hosted gatherings, workshops and weddings.
- Open Farm Community joins a list of recent restaurant closures, though new food business start-ups still outnumber closures.
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SINGAPORE – Farm-to-table restaurant Open Farm Community and Tiong Bahru Bakery Safari, both in Minden Road in the Dempsey lifestyle enclave, are closing on Jan 11.
Since 2015, Open Farm Community has occupied a 35,000 sq ft compound in the Dempsey foothills. Aside from a 120-seat restaurant, there is also an urban garden planted with herbs, edible flowers and fruit trees.
Its farewell post on Instagram offered no reason for the closure. When contacted, the Spa Esprit Group declined to comment, adding that it is also declining all interview requests.
The Instagram post says: “With herbs grown in our on-site garden and a strong focus on locally sourced ingredients, the restaurant aimed to spotlight local growers and celebrate seasonal harvests.
“Over time, the space grew beyond a restaurant, becoming a place for gatherings, workshops, weddings.”
On Jan 7, Tiong Bahru Bakery Safari, which is also part of the Spa Esprit Group, announced that it would close on Jan 11 too.
The bakery chain shuttered its Funan mall outlet in June 2025 and its Waterway Point outlet in August the same year.
According to its website, the chain still has 19 outlets, including at The Centrepoint, Raffles City, The Woodleigh Mall and Jem.
The two Dempsey restaurants are the latest in a slew of restaurants that have shuttered
Despite the closures, there has been no let-up in the number of restaurants opening.
Statistics from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority, which run to November 2025, show that 3,760 food businesses started up this year, with 2,861 winding down.
