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 Detroit Card, good at over 100 independent businesses around Detroit. 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 100 independent businesses in Detroit. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Detroit businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Detroit businesses accept the Detroit Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Detroit where nobody rushes you out.
Food
1222 Library Street, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Food
11550 Kenmoor St, Detroit, Michigan, 48205
Food
150 W Jefferson, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Food & Dining
600 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Restaurant
1040 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Food
114 W Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
1414 Griswold , Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Shopping
5630 W Vernor Hwy, Detroit, Michigan, 48209
Retail
1275 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Shopping
575 Brush Street, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Shopping
333 E Jefferson, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Shopping
https://threadsfoc.com/, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Museums, galleries, a show around Detroit. Better as a plan than as a package.
Arts & Culture
1620 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48216
Arts & Culture
4160 Cass Avenue C, Detroit, Michigan, 48201
Shopping
10125 E Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48214
Arts & Culture
9301 Kercheval Ave #1, Detroit, Michigan, 48214
Arts & Culture
9920 Kercheval Ave., Detroit, Michigan, 48214
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Services
1441 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Services
3980 2nd Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 48201
Services
18951 Livernois Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48221
Services
660 Woodward Avenue, Suite 104, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Services
1447 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Detroit 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 Detroit Card is accepted at over 100 independent businesses in Detroit: 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 Detroit Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Detroit, 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 Detroit.
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 Detroit Card they can spend at over 100 independent Detroit businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
Buy a Detroit Card