Squisher's Basement is a cheap bar in the heart of the Bowery in Jokertown, where the patrons are almost exclusively jokers, and anyone else is bound to attract a frosty welcome. It is located below Uncle Chowder's Clam Bar after a stairway screened by a picket fence of rusty, iron bars. The proprietor is Squisher, an aquatic joker who lives in a giant aquarium behind the bar and oversees the proceedings.