Bar-top dancing in cowboy boots

Coyote Ugly's first S'pore outlet has the saloon franchise's hallmarks: booze, female bartenders and sizzling choreography

”Coyote” dancers on the bar at Coyote Ugly in Clarke Quay, the 27th outlet of the American bar and restaurant franchise. ST PHOTO: TIMOTHY DAVID
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American entrepreneur Liliana Lovell is the founder of the famous Coyote Ugly Saloon, best known for its bar-top dancing female bartenders and the 2000 cult movie it inspired - but, she admits, she "can't dance a lick".

"I don't dance, I'm a salesman," quips Ms Lovell, who is in her 50s.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 18, 2020, with the headline Bar-top dancing in cowboy boots. Subscribe