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:

    The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

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