Follow the smell of fresh bread and roasting coffee to the Strip District, the half-mile of Penn Avenue where Pittsburgh has come to shop, eat and stock its kitchens for more than a century. This historic market district packs produce wholesalers, Italian and Asian grocers, bakeries, coffee roasters and street vendors into a gloriously unpolished riverfront neighborhood.
Saturday mornings are the main event: families and chefs crowd the sidewalks, street musicians play, and the whole city seems to leave with a bag of something delicious. Between the food landmarks, you’ll find Pittsburgh’s best cluster of local shops — team gear, specialty foods, house-made pasta — plus the Heinz History Center anchoring the district’s western end.
The Strip borders downtown along the Allegheny River. Go hungry, bring cash for the street vendors and plan to browse — this is Pittsburgh’s tastiest neighborhood, and it earns the title daily.
