Upper crust

Upper crust may refer to:

Upper Crust Pizzeria

Upper Crust Pizzeria is a Boston, Massachusetts based chain of pizzeria restaurants. The chain went bankrupt following a finding by the U.S. Department of Labor that it had engaged in wage theft (not paying workers their legally required wages).

Founded by Jordan Tobins, the first location opened in Beacon Hill in 2001. It won local accolades such as "Best Gourmet Pizza" (Boston magazine) and "Boston's Best Pizza" (The Improper Bostonian). By May 2009, the chain had grown to 14 locations, and 17 by July 2010. In April 2011 the Upper Crust opened its 21st location, and its first outside of New England, in Washington, D.C. and announced plans to open 10 additional restaurants in the DC area over the next five years.

The chain subsequently declared bankruptcy in 2012 amid allegations that Tobins violated labor laws and raided the company's cash for his own expenses, a claim he has denied.

Department of Labor findings and subsequent lawsuits and investigations

A United States Department of Labor investigation of the company's pay practices from April 2007 through April 2009 revealed that Upper Crust’s hourly workers were paid straight time even after they exceeded 40 hours in a week. The company was ordered to pay more than US$341,000 in back wages to about 121 workers for uncompensated overtime. The Labor Department began a new investigation of the company in 2010.

Upper Crust (restaurant chain)

Upper Crust is an international chain of baguette restaurants concentrated along commuter routes. The outlets are commonplace in stations and terminals. Branches are also present in some universities in the UK, including University College London. There are also branches at the central railway station in Oslo and Elkjøp Megastore Lørenskog, Norway. Since September 2008, there are also three units in Stockholm, Sweden – two at the central railway station and one at the nearby bus terminal, Cityterminalen.There is also one opening in Gothenburg Centralstationen/Nils Ericsson terminalen railway and busterminal. The company has started to expand into shopping centres, with a new store at Bridgend Designer Outlet, South Wales. There are also branches on airports, including Cairo Airport, Tromsø Airport, Trondheim Værnes Airport, Oslo Airport Gardermoen, George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Gran Canaria Airport. They were located in Australia too in the past, at places such as Circular Quay.