Need to know
Where to shop for ingredients in FootscrayGrocers first, remittance on the same strip.
Vietnamese groceries sit in Footscray Market, Little Saigon on Hopkins, and Green Valley at 9/63-67 Nicholson. Phuoc Thinh Butchers is 75 Nicholson. Injera is Mesnoy at 77 Irving. Ethiopian spices are Bright Merkato at 43 Paisley. Remittance is WOW at 109-111 Nicholson and Dahabshiil at 144 Nicholson.
Updated 2026-09-17
Where do you buy Vietnamese herbs and meat?
Footscray Market at 18 Irving is produce, meat and seafood, closed Sunday and Monday. Little Saigon at 80 Hopkins is the other grocer complex, car park off Byron. Green Valley and Co is inside 63-67 Nicholson. Phuoc Thinh Butchers is 75 Nicholson, a street butcher after the old market stalls moved. Confirm Nicholson shopfronts. That strip has had fire damage in past years.
Where do you buy injera, teff and berbere?
Mesnoy Injera Bakery at 77 Irving Street packs injera and dry goods. Bright Merkato at 43 Paisley Street is the Ethiopian import shop for spices, flours and clothing. WOW General at 109-111 Nicholson is African groceries plus cargo and transfer. Lemat Injera on Nicholson is an older name. Confirm it before you send anyone.
Where do you send money home?
Dahabshiil at 14A/144 Nicholson Street is the Somali-founded remittance counter. Kaah Express is shop 22 in the same 144-148 block. WOW General on the same street also does international transfer, cargo and travel. Bring ID. This is not a bank branch. Confirm corridor, rate and ID rules at the desk. Hair, braids and nails are a different search. Use the hair and beauty guide, not this grocer page.
Questions people ask next
- Is Little Saigon the same as Footscray Market?
- No. Market is 18 Irving, closed Sunday and Monday. Little Saigon is 80 Hopkins with a Byron Street car park. Green Valley is a third grocer at 63-67 Nicholson.
- Where do I buy injera in Footscray?
- Mesnoy Injera Bakery at 77 Irving Street. Confirm hours. Merkato on Paisley is spices.
- Where can I send money from Footscray?
- Dahabshiil at 144 Nicholson, Kaah Express in the same block, and WOW General at 109-111 Nicholson. Confirm rates. Do not assume a high-street bank will know the corridor.
Places in this guide
Footscray Market
Indoor produce, meat, seafood and a food court opposite the station. The weekly shop, closed Sunday and Monday.
18 Irving Street, Footscray VIC 3011Little Saigon
Asian grocer and food complex on Hopkins. Specialty produce, household goods, and a separate undercover car park off Byron Street.
80 Hopkins Street, Footscray VIC 3011Green Valley and Co
Asian grocer inside the Nicholson Street Little Saigon complex. Herbs, sauces and household goods for Vietnamese cooking.
9/63-67 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011Phuoc Thinh Butchers
Vietnamese butcher on Nicholson after the Little Saigon Market relocation. Cuts and offal that Coles does not stock.
75 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011Mesnoy Injera Bakery
Ethiopian grocery and injera bakery on Irving. Teff, wheat and sorghum injera packed behind the counter, plus spices and dry goods.
77 Irving Street, Footscray VIC 3011Bright Merkato
Ethiopian import grocer on Paisley. Berbere, baltena flours, spices and cultural goods for home cooking, not a restaurant.
43 Paisley Street, Footscray VIC 3011WOW General and Trading
African-owned hub on Nicholson: groceries, cargo, travel ticketing and international money transfer. A community counter, not a tourist grocer.
109-111 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011Dahabshiil Money Transfer
Somali-founded remittance counter on Nicholson. Horn of Africa transfers that do not go through a high-street bank branch.
14A/144 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011Kaah Express
Second Somali remittance counter at 144 Nicholson. Mobile pay, bank deposit and cash pickup next door to Dahabshiil.
22/144-148 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011Vien Dong Tourist Services
Vietnam visas, flights and insurance on Nicholson. Twenty years on the Little Saigon strip. Family travel, not a Webjet tab.
81 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011