
The crowd mingles while grooving to the sound of the Rhes Reeves at Coyote's on Peach Orchard Road in Augusta. The club offers free dance lessons on Thursday and Friday. (Michael Holahan/Staff)
Club offers drink specials, free line dancing lessons
Nestled in a corner of the shopping center at 2514 Peach Orchard Road, Coyote's generates so much traffic it appears that surrounding stores are still open long after their closing hour. Inside next to the ID check-and-pay area is a sign with rules of entry: No sleeveless shirts or baggy pants for men, hats must be worn forward, no bringing in outside drinks, and shoes must be worn.
Inside, the main bar runs the length of one wall. Overhead, an inflatable, smirking Wile E. Coyote, for whom the club is named, sits in an inflatable chair. There are also inflatable miniature blimps and airplanes bearing the brands of alcoholic beverages hanging from the ceiling.
Opposite the bar is a stage where the Rhes Reeves band performs, next to the dance floor, which is enclosed by a wooden gate. The band plays country music and honky-tonk renditions of popular old songs, including Kool and the Gang's Celebration and Tone Loc's Wild Thing.
There are several tall tables with bar chairs and swarms of people between the bar and dance floor. Cowboy hats and baseball caps are visible throughout.
An inviting array of free buffalo wings, chicken fingers and pizza is available to cure the munchies, and there is a sectioned-off billiards room for pool sharks. There's a small bar at one end of the stage, and a second small bar and cigarette machine at the other end. The club also has an ATM.
If you're not a drinker, don't go on Wednesday nights because you will be forced to pay the full $8, even if you drink only water. But if you're looking for drink specials and live country music and dancing, then all roads lead to Coyote's.
CLUB COYOTE'S
The Place: Coyote's, 2514 Peach Orchard Road (map)
Drink of Choice: Beer
Known For: Rhes Reeves band
Dress Code: Hats, bills facing forward
It's a Fact: Club's name was inspired by Wile E. Coyote


