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 Main Street Takoma, good at over 40 independent businesses around Takoma Park. 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 40 independent businesses in Takoma Park. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Takoma Park businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Takoma Park businesses accept the Main Street Takoma Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Takoma Park where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
6833 4th St, NW, Washington, D.C., 20012
Food & Dining
6939 Laurel Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Food & Dining
7050 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Food
6902 4th St NW, Washington, District Of Columbia, 20012
Food & Dining
7056 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Food & Dining
7302 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
7034 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Retail
7050 Carroll Avenue, Suite 102, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Retail
7010 Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Retail
7006 Carroll Ave, Suite 203, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Retail
6919 Laurel Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Retail
6921 Laurel Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912
Museums, galleries, a show around Takoma Park. Better as a plan than as a package.
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 Main Street Takoma 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 Main Street Takoma is accepted at over 40 independent businesses in Takoma Park: 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 Main Street Takoma is redeemable only at local businesses in Takoma Park, 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 Takoma Park.
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 Main Street Takoma they can spend at over 40 independent Takoma Park businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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