Why the downgrade? It has nothing to do with either the quality of the food changing or the specials.
It's the service at the bar. There were only a half dozen of us seated, yet we could not get our bartender to make eye contact when we were ready for our bill, even when out of desperation I finally went and stood in front of him and the register hoping to pay our bill. I asked for the hostess to see if we could pay our bill with someone else, and no we couldn't. Finally, I just estimated what the bill was and left cash; something I felt awkward doing but there seemed to be no other choice.
And I blame myself, because it had been a while since I have been there and I had forgotten that the happy hour bartender is just consistently this way. (No issues with the lunch bartender/waiter.)
Good thing Salty Sow is just up the street.