.......Bar in Las Vegas was also voted Best Bar in City Life. Then again, further down in the article it was also voted Best Dive Bar. Keep an eye out for Jim Pierre next time you are there. He LOVES reading City Life & I'm sure he will be checking out all the "Best of" places. Andy - Las Vegas

BEST BAR

The Double Down Saloon

Every bar has its regulars, but not like the Double Down. This down-home, everyday-Joe watering hole liquors up a crowd mixed with the blue collar kind and goth rockers. But a familiar face that can always be found at the Double Down belongs to Alonzo the Heterosexual Mechanical Pony. Occasionally, women ride him topless. But he's not the only reason Las Vegas thinks the Double Down rocks. Drink prices are cheap and not one day can be singled out as its craziest. It hosts a riot nightly.

BEST DIVE BAR

The Double Down Saloon

William Shakespeare once suggested that when misfortune arrives, it arrives not as a single soldier but as a battalion. When besieged by this army of misery, you'll likely long for a dive bar. Our readers suggest the Double Down Saloon. Order a stiff cocktail at its guy-lined bar. Sulk unnoticed in its dark, psychedelic interior. Play an angst-ridden punk anthem on its jukebox. Wallow in your misery in this haven for the disenchanted, realizing that - indeed - things can only get better.