Clapham's new neighbourhood pasta trattoria Adelia is all about dropping in for fresh pasta

Clapham folk hankering after somewhere they can go for a bowl of fresh pasta on the way home from work, or drop in for spritzes and arancini after a bracing walk on the common, will soon have Adelia to check out. It's a new fresh pasta restaurant currently getting ready to open in the old Bistro Union space.

Certainly the man behind it, former longtime Abbeville resident Thomas Texido, has plenty of form when it comes to working on restaurants that Londoners love. He's previously been in the ops team at both the Big Mamma Group and MJMK who are behind Caso do Frango and recent opening Lenny's.

Adelia is going to take its menu inspiration from both the north and south of Italy, with pasta from Rome and Naples. So there'll be Spaghetti al limone with butter, Parmigiano & basil, Ziti spezzati alla genovese with slow-cooked beef shin alongside Wild boar pappardelle.

Fittingly, for a neighbourhood restaurant like this, the meat will come from their neighbours, The Ginger Pig, while the wine list will be Italian-focused. "First and foremost, we are a restaurant for the neighbourhood," says Thomas, "a place for locals who can drop in for a family dinner, a quick bite to eat at the counter, or a spritz and snack."

And it sounds as though this is the first of many. He's hoping, under the brand Mamie Collective, to open a series of neighbourhood restaurants. Watch this space.