By Jason Bracelin, Las Vegas Review-Journal

LAS VEGAS — Go ahead, spring for the puke insurance.

It’s a worthwhile investment — only $20, says the homemade sign on the wall scrawled out in Magic Marker — considering all the bacon martinis and shots served up in miniature ceramic toilets here.

We’ve entered the “Happiest Place on Earth” — so reads the awning outside the doorway — time to shut up and drink at the Double Down Saloon , Vegas’ most iconic dive bar.

Interior details are seen at the Double Down Saloon, on Nov. 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS)

Like the B-movies that play on the dented, dated TVs above the bar, the place is a gritty fantasia of knowing, pointed outlandishness.

Late globe-trotting chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain c

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