The Paramount, Boston

Restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

42°21′26″N 71°04′13″W / 42.357282°N 71.070166°W / 42.357282; -71.070166Seating capacity44 (Beacon Hill location)^[1]Websitewww.paramountboston.com

The Paramount is a diner-style restaurant in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Situated at 44 Charles Street, it was established in 1937.^[2] It is owned by Michael Bissanti, Michael Conlon and Joe Greene, three college friends from La Salle Academy in New York City.^[3]^[4]

The restaurant has a policy by which no patron, or a member of a patron's party, may occupy a table until their food is ready. It was implemented to ensure that other patrons, more often than not, can find a table when their food is ready.^[1]^[4]

In 2015, the restaurant was sued after employees claimed they were underpaid for overtime worked.^[5]

A second location was opened at 667 East Broadway in South Boston in December 2011.^[6]^[7]

The restaurant won the Best of Boston "Best Beacon Hill Restaurant" award in 2009.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Buell, Ryan W. (August 2016). "Breakfast at the Paramount". Harvard Business School.
^ "About Beacon Hill". The Paramount.
^ "Michael Bissanti '85 Brings West Coast Food East". La Salle Academy. January 6, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Arnett, Alison (March 16, 2005). "Michael Conlon's full plate". The Boston Globe.
^ Johnston, Katie (May 15, 2015). "Paramount restaurant sued on overtime". The Boston Globe.
^ "The Paramount in Boston's Beacon Hill Is Opening a Second Location in South Boston". Boston Restaurant Talk. December 9, 2011.
^ Zippelli, Michelle (March 16, 2012). "The Paramount - Classic Boston Breakfast Now In Southie Too". The Boston Globe.
^ "The Paramount". Boston Magazine.