Grandparents Day Gift Guide · Sunday, September 13
The frame, the candle, the mug with the year on it: they have those. What they do not have is a reason to try the new place on the corner. Give a Visit and Shop Alameda Card, good at over 25 independent businesses around Alameda. Then go with them.
Not money, and not another object for the shelf. A morning at the diner, a browse through the bookshop, coffee that turns into an hour.
over 25 independent businesses in Alameda. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Alameda businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Alameda businesses accept the Visit and Shop Alameda Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Alameda where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
1951 Monarch Street, Alameda, California, 94501
Food & Dining
1313 Park St, Alameda, California, 94501
Food & Dining
1223 Park St, Alameda, California, 94501
Food & Dining
2315 Central Ave, Alameda, California, 94501
Food & Dining
1629 Park Street, Alameda, California, 94501
Food & Dining
1929 Broadway, Alameda, California, 94501
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
2510 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda, California, 94501
Retail
1544 Park St., Alameda, California, 94501
Retail
650 W Tower Ave, Alameda, California, 94501
Retail
1506 WEBSTER STREET, Alameda, California, 94501
Retail
1546 Park street , Alameda, California, 94501
Retail
2418 Central Ave., Alameda, California, 94501
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Visit and Shop Alameda Card is waiting in their inbox that morning.
Pick the amount that feels right.
Say where you two should go.
Delivered by email, or print it to hand over. No shipping, no wrapping.
National Grandparents Day falls on the first Sunday after Labor Day, which makes it Sunday, September 13 in 2026. It has been a federal observance in the U.S. since 1978.
The Visit and Shop Alameda Card is accepted at over 25 independent businesses in Alameda: restaurants, cafés, bakeries, shops, and salons. They pick where and when.
Then this is probably the wrong gift for them, and it is worth saying so plainly. The Visit and Shop Alameda Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Alameda, so it suits someone who lives in or regularly visits the area. A grandparent who visits now and then can spend it on this trip. Unused balances can incur inactivity fees: a $3.00 fee will be deducted monthly starting on the 1st day after 12 consecutive months without card usage.
Choose an amount, add a note, and send it by email, or print it to hand over in person. Nothing ships.
Yes. Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13.
Often that is exactly who buys it. It works the same way in that direction, as long as the grandchild is close enough to spend it at businesses in Alameda.
E-delivery fees vary by community, and some communities cover them. Whatever applies to your order is shown at checkout before you pay, alongside the card amount and your total.
A Visit and Shop Alameda Card they can spend at over 25 independent Alameda businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
Buy a Visit and Shop Alameda Card
