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)

    We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)