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Show Three Restaurants Close t ' . I x-:'- V' - - "-- " ' 5-"- - . 1 fc.- - , 2 . . . J nigtit and five dinners the following Saturday. "We just can't stay open with nights like that," said a spokesman spokes-man for their operation. 2abriskie sighted the reasons rea-sons for the Resort's closing to be the same as those for the unseasonably early layoffs lay-offs in employes. The light snowfalls have had a definite effect on business in the entire area. When asked if the Resort plans to close down all operations earlier than the nationally advertised advertis-ed date of April 13, he said it is dependent on the snow conditions. But there have been no pre-determined guidelines set by the Resort's officials as to what constitutes un-skiable un-skiable snow. Zabriskie felt this was impossible to assess because it is dependent depend-ent on 'many factors." The ski season in Park City has already been shortened short-ened by three weeks. Scheduled Sched-uled to open Nov. 17, GPCC was forced by the absence )f snow to forestall running i's lifts to Dec. 9, and then only on a limited basis. Chair lifts were opened on the upper ski slopes but the skiers were forced to ride the gondoft down the mountain moun-tain to avoid scant snows on lower hills. This limited operation op-eration of skiing could, "theoretically happen again," said Zabriskie. Three restaurants in the Park City area closed their doors this week and another announced it will shut down operations within the next two weeks. Gone from this season's agenda of nigtit spots are The Peanut Patch, the Down and Out, both located locat-ed at the Greater Park City Resort, and the Barn Restaurant Res-taurant at ParkWest Resort. The Two Seasons, another restaurant associated with GPCC, is also named in a coming cut back of operations. opera-tions. "It's a combination of factors," fac-tors," said Dale Zabriskie, Assistant to the President and Director of CommunicaA tions for GPCC. "I think a lot of people were cooking in their condominiums rather than eating out. "We started off late in the season," said Ralph Garner,-Assistant Garner,-Assistant Director of Food and Beverage at Greater Park. He seemed to feel that '-"people '-"people just aren't spending as much money as they have in the past." Business was slacking on the other side of the mountain moun-tain too. The Barn Restaurant served two dinners Friday Wrong Way sign on Main Street Warns motorists |