Our story
We just wanted to feed the people we love
Coyotes Cafe is the two of us — Esther and Ryan, a wife-and-husband team. It started with a coffee cart and a daft amount of love for getting the details right. Then a pie crisis got involved.
It began with coffee
In December 2024 we set up a little coffee pop-up. Esther has spent years behind espresso machines, and she's relentless about it — the grind, the dose, the milk, the whole ritual. The plan was simple: pour the kind of coffee we missed, and be genuinely happy to see whoever walked up.
We didn't have grand plans. We had a machine, a corner, and a habit of over-caring.
Then came the pie void
Ryan's an Aussie — an ex-engineer turned devout pie eater — and moving to Canada left him with a very specific kind of homesickness. The kind shaped like a flaky, golden, gravy-filled meat pie. You genuinely can't find them here. So we made our own.
We added a couple of pies to the coffee menu, half expecting a quiet nod. Instead, it kind of blew up. People started queuing. Pies started selling out. Folks began crossing the city on a Saturday just for one.
“We want people to feel loved and welcomed. Food is part of our love language.”
Esther & Ryan
Still fussy about the coffee
Here's the bit people don't see: every single weekend we build the whole set-up from scratch and tear it down again. And every single weekend, the espresso gets properly dialled in — tasted, tweaked and dialled again — until it's right. Pop-up logistics are no excuse for a mediocre flat white.
Melbourne taught us that coffee is worth the fuss. We've kept the fuss.
What's next
Looking for a place to call home
We're on the hunt for a permanent home — most likely in Mount Pleasant, hopefully sometime next year. Until then, we'll keep popping up on weekends and feeding whoever turns up. Leave your email and you'll be the first to know when we find our four walls.
