A Palm Beach County restaurant had decade of loyal customers, award-worthy barbecue and a reputation built one brisket at a time — and still, it wasn’t enough to keep the doors open.
Pigsty Barbecue recently closed its original South Florida location in Boynton Beach after years of mounting financial pressure, becoming one of the latest casualties in a wave of neighborhood restaurant closures sweeping Palm Beach County and the broader South Florida region.
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Owner and Pigsty Tom Rhodemeyer said the decision came after costs climbed from nearly every direction…