[Click on the original link to get all the hyperlinks & photos] Every neighborhood has its own unique vibe but there’s nothing like the Strip District anywhere in town—or perhaps the the entire world. Arrive on a bustling Saturday and see why it’s one of the biggest draws in Pittsburgh, with its ethnic grocers, street grills, sidewalk merchants and string of small shops. A neighborhood doesn’t get more authentic than this: long blocks of side by side stores with old wooden screen doors that still bang shut, hand-lettered signs on produce and everywhere, tantalizing smells–of aged cheese, fresh roasted coffee, or just-popped kettle corn. Once the sole home of wholesalers working out of massive brick warehouses, today the Strip is still functional but also fun and funky, a blend of old and new known for its nightlife as well as its fab food. Not to mention its cast of characters, from the shop owners who hail from Italy or Korea or China to the truckers who still eat their French fry-laden Primanti sandwiches with one hand, the other on the wheel. If you want food, this is your mecca: from the renowned Parma Sausage and Benkovitz seafood to specialty foods from around the world. It’s typically the best food available at the lowest prices. At night, after the shops have closed their doors and the folding tables have been packed away, the Strip’s dozen dance clubs and bars throw open their doors and begin admitting thousands of guests. By 10 p.m., the streets swarm with a young crowd for a whole different vibe.Hello, dearheart! Start your tour of the Strip with coffee at one of two places: the old time, legendary La Prima Espresso Coffee Company where shop owners and members of the Italian American Society gather for a steaming cup of espresso or cappuccino. Here they read the newspaper—in Italian. You can’t beat this rich dark coffee, but you can take it home with you by the pound. Next door at Colangelo’s, which replaced the late Il Piccolo Forno, grab an almo…