WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — At the new West Palm Cowboy Club, a two-story barbecue restaurant and music club now open on Clematis Street, which is stronger: the smoke or the soundtrack?
The answer, if you ask co-owner Brian Swanson, is yes.
In one corner, there’s triple-Grammy-winning, EDM-country crossover svengali DJ Diplo, who’s a minority partner and official music director of the 5,000-square-foot downtown venue within the 1923 Citizens Building. In the opposite corner, there’s Miami-style barbecue from Allapattah’s popular Slab Daddy BBQ whose chef, Adrian Ricouz (ex-Hometown BBQ), turns out 18-hour smoked brisket, peach-glazed spare ribs, cornbread and caviar and hearth-fired pizzas.
“Who can even say what’s better?” Swanson says of West Palm Cowboy Club, which debuted March 10 with a grand opening scheduled for March 26. “It’s the best of both worlds: Nashville meets South Florida. The music is sophisticated and the food is delicious.”…