Upper Crust

Upper crust may refer to:

  • Upper Crust Pizzeria, a pizza chain in Boston
  • Upper Crust (restaurant chain), a chain of European baguette (sandwich) restaurants
  • The Upper Crust (rock band), a Boston-based hard rock band
  • Crust (geology), the earth's (or another body's) geological solid outer shell. The upper crust is the planet's surface.
  • The upper class in modern societies; the social class composed of the wealthiest members of society, who also wield the greatest political power.
  • The Upper Crust, a 1917 American film.

Famous quotes containing the words upper and/or crust:

    “All men live in suffering
    I know as few can know,
    Whether they take the upper road
    Or stay content on the low....”
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
    Havelock Ellis (1859–1939)