The area stretching in a ten-block radius around 71st Ave and Collins Ave may be one of the best places outside Mendoza to people-watch with a cortada (Argentine espresso) before digging into traditional pasta and steak dishes. With that said, today the Argentines compete with their neighbors the Uruguayans, their rivals the Brazilians, and even a big crop of Colombians, for first place in the Normandy Isle ethnic-enclave stakes. Not that there’s tension; this is as prosperous and pleasant as Miami gets. On Saturday mornings the small village green hosts a lovely farmers’ market.
