Beer sales were suspended from March 2-9 at Coyote Jack’s Saloon and the Living Room at 1400 Cowart St. by the Chattanooga Beer Board because of sales to minors and a crowd that was some 400 people over capacity on Feb. 5.Rebranding from an urban nightclub to “Chattanooga’s premier country bar and grill” didn’t keep a Southside business out of trouble.
Coyote Jack’s Saloon and the Living Room at 1400 Cowart St. – formerly Bella Vita and The Ultra Lounge – had its beer license suspended for one week from March 2-9 by the Chattanooga Beer Board Thursday morning.
The suspension came after Chattanooga Police Officer John Collins told the beer board that during an inspection at 1 a.m. Feb. 5, there were women under age 21 inside Coyote Jack’s, and the club had let in 935 people – when the fire code says the capacity is 518 people.
“I checked a total of eight I.D.s, of those eight, four of them were using fake IDs,” Collins said. “They were also using a basement area that was not approved for use.”
Collins said he got a couple of anonymous tips about overcrowding at Coyote Jack’s Saloon, which had its grand opening on Dec. 2.