Normandy Isle

A few years ago Normandy Isle was dubbed Little Argentina, and it’s still one of the best places outside Mendoza to people-watch with a cortada (Argentine espresso) before digging into the sort of pasta and steak dishes the gauchos love so much. But 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.