Siroc: Winds of change

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After several years at one of the city’s top French kitchens, chef Gerard Pangaud was forced to close his namesake, Gerard’s Place, last year — a victim not only of the flagging economy, but also of the changing tastes of Washingtonians.

Siroc, the restaurant concept that’s taken its place, is a perfect reflection of those changing tastes — midpriced, comfortable Italian fare. Not that the new chef lacks a pedigree of his own: Martin Lackovic earned his stripes at the late Galileo and I Matti, no mean Italian restaurants themselves.

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