American snapshot: Lynwood

Photo by Leslie Berestein Rojas/KPCC

Patrons posing with giant anthropomorphic food at Plaza Mexico, in Lynwood.

Tourists taking photos in the pedestrian zone of downtown Guanajuato? No, it's Plaza Mexico, the Mexican-themed, Korean-American-developed and owned shopping and entertainment complex in Lynwood, Calif. It's the closest thing I've seen to a Mexico theme park. I'm a fan.