The crowd at the DFL election party was thinning out close to 2 a.m.
People were sitting around on what had been the dance floor.
The rock and hip-hop that had blared from the speakers was replaced with easy listening and jazz.
At 1:40 a.m., the bars were minutes away from last call.
Zach Evers, a Hilton bartender, said customers had switched to hard liquor from wine and beer.
"They've gotten filled up and now they want more bang for their buck," he said.
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