Coyote Ugly Saloon
The Coyote Ugly Saloon is an American drinking establishment and the namesake of an international chain of bars, whose bartenders dance on the bar. It served as the setting for the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly.
History
The original Coyote Ugly Saloon opened on January 27, 1993, in New York City, after New York University graduate Liliana Lovell decided to forfeit an internship on Wall Street to work as a bartender.In 2001, the second Coyote Ugly location opened, at the Las Vegas Strip's New York-New York Hotel and Casino, with management franchising the operation. In 2002, a new, company-owned bar opened in New Orleans' French Quarter. In 2003, Lovell relocated from New York City to New Orleans to run that bar and be involved in the day-to-day corporate operations.
In 2004, the company opened additional corporate-owned locations in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, as well as Nashville, Tennessee. A branch was opened in Denver, Colorado in 2005, and in Memphis, Tennessee in 2006. In June 2009, a branch was opened in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Since 2009, more franchised bars in Tampa, Panama City Beach, Destin and Daytona Beach have been established in Florida.
In 2009, Coyote Ugly began an international franchise program with a multi-unit licensing contract in Russia, opening their first internationally franchised bar in Moscow, with another in Koblenz, Germany. Following these openings, its Russian operations expanded to locations in St. Petersburg in 2010, followed by Kazan in 2011.
In 2016, branches were opened in Liverpool and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Additional locations opened in the Welsh cities of Cardiff and Swansea. In August 2022 another bar was opened in Camden, London, and in 2024, one was opened in Bristol. In October 2025 they opened their first Scottish bar in Edinburgh.