Have local restaurants gone down in quality over the last few years?

We usually go out for date night about once every month or two and like to patron the local restaurants in town. It just seems like even the ones we’d considered our “old reliable” places like Comensolis, Crows Nest, and 600 just don’t seem to be as good and as consistent as they once were.

With things continuing to get more expensive, and restaurants raising their prices (I.e. Nonla charging $16.00 + tax and tip for a Chicken Sandwich and fries) I don’t know if I can justify eating out as part of our date nights if it’s just going to be a roulette wheel of quality.

Is this just me? Or has anyone else noticed a trend as well?