Hammee’s, a burger joint located in Commonwealth, will no longer be serving its signature cheeseburgers.

Its owners announced the closure of their sole stall on social media on Jan. 18.

Addressing their followers, the owners said the post was "a tough one to write".

"The past four years have been a fun learning journey," they wrote, recounting their experiences with popular menu items such as their original cheeseburger, french fries, fried chicken, and fish burgers.

"Most important of all, we are introverts, and being hawkers [has] allowed us to meet many people and form connections which we greatly treasure," added the owners.

From a hawker stall at Commonwealth Crescent Hawker Centre, Hammee's dished out gourmet burgers at pocket-friendly prices.

The owners' close attention to detail meant constant tweaks to ingredients — such as the burger patties, buns, and even the tartar sauce for their fish burgers.

They even made the tough call to stop selling burgers when supply issues during the Covid-19 pandemic meant that their usual beef source was unavailable.

While Hammee's switched to different suppliers, the consistency of the meat was not up to standard and the stall's owners decided to stop selling burgers.

A post from October 2020 reads:

"One of the more common advice that we got was that we should go ahead and sell the beef if its not too bad. Well we actually did, for about a week we went ahead and served the beef which had some issues, overall it was ok I guess, but I was miserable serving it. By the 2nd weekend when things weren’t improving I decided I had to pull the plug and stop to see if there was something I could do about it. "

Supply issues persisted for several months and Hammee's pivoted to selling nasi ayam goreng and nasi lemak for some time.

They eventually re-launched their burger items with improved recipes.

Market was closed in end-2023

The news may come as a disappointment for fans who were unable to patronise the stall in the later part of last year, as Commonwealth Crescent Hawker Centre was closed from mid-October till Dec. 31, 2023.

Addressing their fans, the owners wrote:

"We saw all the DMs and WhatsApp messages that you guys sent us the past month. We’re sorry we didn’t manage to reply many of them due to our current day jobs but we’re glad that you guys didn’t forget about us haha. 😃🙏🏻"

"Some options at the moment"

But this might not be the last of Hammee's.

"Our passion for serving good food remains strong as ever. 💪🏻" wrote the owners, promising updates if potential future prospects materialised:

"Please stick around with us on our social media if you will, we MIGHT appear again somewhere in the near future. There are some options at the moment but nothing can be confirmed yet. Until then, thank you all so much and goodbye (for now). 🫡"

Fingers crossed.

Top photos by Nigel Chua