Been to all of them. Many times.
Up until very recently I was a touring sound guy for a fairly popular Texas country band. Before that I did all sorts of local production for the big sound company here. In fact I did sound in both the 3rd floor Cantina and the Dixie Theater back when that meant something. The old PA's that were in there LOOKED like junk, but were actually miles and miles better than what's in the Stafford now.
For acceptable audio I would take a trip down to Dosey Doe in the Woodlands, or Main Street Crossing in Conroe. Both of those places are halfway decent. To get excellent audio in a club..... Hmmmm. Joe's in Chicago was good.
I blame the iPod generation. Nobody respects quality audio anymore. As long as they have plenty of quantity. Make it loud with lots of bass and it doesn't matter what the lyrics are, or anything else for that matter....