The Gap and its new eatery serving this? (9)

I believe the answer is:

spaghetti

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'eatery serving this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'the gap and its new' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'new' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'gap'+'its'='thegapits'
'thegapits' anagrammed gives 'SPAGHETTI'.

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(Other definitions for spaghetti that I've seen before include "Wind up eating this" , "Pasta in long strips" , "Strange tight peas for the Italian dish" , "something resembling tangled wires" , "motorway interchange" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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