Singapore, Sept. 20 -- The announcement earlier this month that five black-and-white bungalows in Rochester Park will house retail and food outlets as part of the new Rochester Commons to be completed late next year was news to many.
They had been occupied by restaurants since 2006 in one of the first food and beverage enclaves housed in colonial buildings outside the city.
When they were taken back in 2018 for redevelopment, tenants were given to understand that the new plans did not include eateries and the buildings would be used as offices and training centres instead.
Meanwhile, former tenants have either closed down or moved to new premises.
Spanish restaurant Una, which began life as a bar called One Rochester in the first bu...