99 (or less) reasons why 99 bottles pisses me off

When we first moved here, we loved 99. They had great selection, a comfortable and unpretncious atmosphere, and friendly staff. In the last 4 years the place has taken a serious nose dive. They've always been expensive ($4.50/pint; $10-15 for a hamburger), but recently prices have really sky rocketed. Beers are $5:25-5.75 a pint! The local stuff, from the local breweries, some right down the freakin' street, cost the same as an imported beer from the UK? Isn't the whole point of a brewery offering local beer to 1) support local business, and 2) b/c there aren't the same transportation costs you can offer it for less? They still have a great (overpriced) bottle selection (seriously, same stuff at TJ's, 1/2 price), but their draft beers are dominated by overpriced local brews that aren't very good. I know I'm cheap, I'm a grad student, what do you expect, but a pint of Racer5 at 99 bottles is more expensive than a pint of the same beer at the swanky local bar, the 515. To top it off, they were out of 3 of the beers requested, brought L the wrong beer, slow service, flat beer, the list goes on and on. I don't mind paying more for something really good and that I can't get anywhere else. You want to charge me $5.50 a beer? I expect it to be something really good and the atmosphere of the place to be decent - to look like it's been swept in the last 3 decades (If I want to go to a dive I'll go to a dive), and for the beer to be carbonated, on draft if stated to be on draft, and for the one I ordered to arrive. The staff are still nice, if slow and seemingly not beer drinkers themselves, but I'm way over this joint.