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The Omni Parker House Hotel is a Hotel in Boston , Massachusetts , currently owned by Omni Hotels and named the ''Omni Parker House''. Located on School Street near the corner of Tremont , not far from the seat of the Massachusetts state government, it has long been a frequent rendezvous for politicians. The Parker House is known for having invented American foods such as Boston Cream Pie and the Parker House Roll , and for having coined the term " Scrod ". The Omni Parker House currently has 551 rooms and suites that underwent an $80 million renovation completed in 2000. Many well-known people have worked at the Parker House, including Ho Chi Minh who was a baker in the bakeshop from from 1911 to 1913, Malcolm X who was a busboy in the early 1940's, and Emeril Lagasse . John F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for Congress in the hotel's Press Room, proposed to Jackie Kennedy , as well as held his bachelor party here. The hotel was home to the Saturday Club , also referred to as the Saturday Night Club, which consisted of literary dignitaries such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson . REFERENCES
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