Restaurants are cutting back because of economy- which ones and how?

First one up was that at Ruby Tuesday, one person did not like that they are cutting corners at this restaurant (at least at this particular one) by not bringing out the whole steak sauce bottle but just some.
Last week we again went to RT in Olathe, KS as their 2:1 coupon for specials and steaks can’t be beat and the salad bar is awesome (It is now in my top 3 salad bars in Kansas City). My wife does not take sauce but I usually get A-1 or some other sauce to go with the steak. However this time I did not as the steak came with a cheese- mushroom sauce (I decided to try something different).
Some restaurants (PF Chang’s in this article) are cutting corners by not putting out steak knives cutlery but we were brought ours for our steak dinners.
At one Outback, they are not serving a dinner salad and it is extra. At RT, there are veggies with certain entrees but many entrees include the salad bar. I decided not to get some other entrees because the salad bar is extra for some entrees so I stuck with the steak which came with the entree plus had mashed potatoes and some veggies and tiny onion ring bits which were nice and crunchy (seems like little bits of Bloomin Onion from Outback Steakhouse which I have always wanted to get but the cholesterol and the calories are so high these are not recommended. But little bits would not hurt!).
There are 58 slides to go through this slide show (haven’t you noticed how AOL and others are doing things like slide shows and videosto increase revenues to make you stick around longer , looking at the ads on your desktop so that they can charge more for their services to the companies?) .
I don’t have time to go through all of them now but you can. If you noticed any of these “cutbacks” or others let me know.
http://www.walletpop.com/specials/i-spy-restaurant-tricks

Phai Thai and Peanut Chicken in Illinois- this kitchen has good Thai

My wife was here with her girlfriend and really liked the place. The menu has very reasonable prices and is quite extensive with appetizers, thai salads, soups, entrees (poulty, pork, beef, curry, seafood, vegetables, noodles, rice dishes ) and desserts. There are also dinner and lunch specials. There is no designation how to make the dishes spicy or if certain dishes are spicier. Perhaps the dishes already have a lot of flavor the way they are. If it was not good she would let me know, as we have eaten at many Thai places. My wife liked the peanut sauce chicken and her friend liked the Phad Thai rice noodles tofu, bean sprouts etc. (There are many ways to make Phad Thai so if you like a combination of vegetable, noodles and chicken. beef or pork you need to try this here or somewhere). I like when the entree's names have the Thai names with them (as in the noodle and thai salads dishes had). That way they not only sound authentic but I can track these recipes down on the internet so that I can try them out myself when we come back to this restaurant some day. So until the day, I can come back to Illinois, try it out for yourself. I think you will be pleased as my wife and her friend were.