[Tips] Brixton Market

I was told by my workmate that there are a number of markets around Brixton. The good thing is that the markets are close to the station, literally it is about 1 minute walk from the station to get there. There are 3 indoor and 2 outdoor markets. I’ll try and summarise the markets, I do recommend coming there on a Friday or during weekend. It gets a lot lively and packed during those times and the stores are opened. If you go during the other times that aren’t mentioned, the markets are a bit quiet and slow.

Outdoor market

There is a market just on the other side of the railway bridge. That market is a mixed market, from food stalls to pop-up food stores to random product selling. I quite like Jeff the chef, they are located at the end of the market if you are coming from Brixton high street side. Their speciality is Jamaican food, they used to make Jerk chicken and cook it in an oil barrel. Unfortunately there are people complained about the smell and smoke coming from the oil barrel, which they banned them from using it. It is not the same, it is quite cheap for its price and the portion is pretty decent. I do recommend trying their chicken soup as well. Also there is a food store which has Japanese ramen, I think they are quite nice. Of course it is not the same as having it in a restaurant. The price is alright but the portion is small. The other outdoor market is on the other side of the station, next to Iceland. They are mainly for produce market, there are a lot of them to choose from, which is why they are cheaper than supermarket price. They have butcher as well so that you can get your meat cut to your portion rather pre-packaged ones.

Indoor market

There are 3 indoor markets, I’ll talk about the 2 in this entry. Brixton village, I’ll do that separately. The 3 indoor markets are almost linked to each other but only separate by the roads. Electrical avenue market is a small narrow market, which I rarely go. I’ve only been there once, and basically they sell phone accessories and clothing stores in there. It does look dark and gloomy in that market. The other indoor market is called Market Row. It is smaller than Brixton Village, but they sell similar things, such as seafood stores, food market and grocery stores. It is quite fun to look in there when it rains. But they do have good pizza store and cupcake store in that market. I do recommend trying the pizza and cupcake stores when you are there.