How workers navigate race gender and class in the food service industryTwo unequal worlds of work exist within the upscale restaurant scene of Los Angeles. White collegeeducated servers operate in the front of the housealso known as the public areas of the restaurantwhile Latino immigrants toil in the back of the house and out of customer view.In Front of the House Back of the House Eli Revelle Yano Wilson shows us what keeps these workers apart exploring race class and gender inequalities in the food service industry.Drawing on research at three different highend restaurants in Los Angeles Wilson highlights why these inequalities persist in the twentyfirst century pointing to discriminatory hiring and supervisory practices that ultimately grant educated whites access to the most desirable positions. Additionally he shows us how workers navigate these inequalities under the same roof making sense of their jobs their identities and each other in a world that reinforces their separateness. Front of the House Back of the House takes us behind the scenes of the food service industry providing a window into the unequal lives of white and Latino restaurant workers.