I'm also orginally from the area. Honestly, the best part was the bakery. Even after they moved to the Laurel Mall location, the bakery was pretty solid.

My brother worked at Pechins (grocery) for several years when he was in high school/college. Honestly -- their prices were awesome if you were lucky enough to find what you needed.

My husband worked in the grocery business for decades and the first time we took him to Pechins he was horrified.

Whenever my husband had his kidney transplant I ended up at a bar across the street from the hospital. It was good to get out of there for an hour, sit at the bar and talk to random people. I got to eat food (didn’t have a drink, although I thought about it) and just breathe to get me ready for the upcoming days.

OP good luck to you and your family today.

When we visited the area last year, we did three touristy things in Newport.

We went to the Breakers. It was cool, but I don't know how many fancy houses my husband could have handled. I'm glad we only did the one.

We visited the Tennis Hall of Fame. I'm not into tennis at all, but I really enjoyed the museum and found it very interesting. If you can appreciate tennis/museums, don't discount this.

On the same block of the Tennis Hall of Fame is the Audrain Auto Museum. Again, neither my husband nor I are really into cars, but if I lived in the area, I'd buy a yearly pass to this museum. They change the displays often and there are people in there just appreciating the cars. We enjoyed the time we spent walking around.

Try Espey's in Scottdale/Smithton. We've been buying from them for years. I'm pretty sure they are only open on Friday and Saturday, though they will answer the phone to take orders on other days.