The restaurant city picked up in 1978, when a group called Gastronomy opened The New Yorker, considered to be Salt Lake's premier restaurant.

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The good news is that Lake Tahoe finally has a premier ski-in, ski-out resort.

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Lake Austin has become a premier lifestyle resort, the kind of place that offers both a head-spinning variety of services and activities but also doesn't act like a spa.

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