If only guns weren't so prolific!!!!! /sarc
I hit Gluek's (across from Block E from time to time and I will admit that you won't find me down there very often anymore. That whole area just doesn't "feel" right now. The younger bar goers (I'm 32) just seem more agressive (whether black or white) and I just am always waiting for confrontations to start down there.
The city can say all they want about it being safe, but this summer they will have to face reality. Mpls has done a pretty good job of stifling the news past summers, but you couldn't catch me down in that area at 2AM EVER! Buddy's car got shot up last year in a parking lot and there have been plenty of issues on the streets after the clubs let out in that area.
I got mugged at 2AM in my own backyard last June...and my backyard is in DINKYTOWN.