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 Downtown Dover Dollars, good at over 20 independent businesses around Dover. 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 20 independent businesses in Dover. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Dover businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Dover businesses accept the Downtown Dover Dollars Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Dover where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
313 W. Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware, 19904
Food & Dining
408 S. State Street, Dover, Delaware, 19901
Food & Dining
136 W Loockerman St, Dover, Delaware, 19904
Food & Dining
323 S. Governors Ave., Dover, Delaware, 19904
Food & Dining
415 W. Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware, 19904
Food & Dining
231 W. Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware, 19904
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
135 S. Bradford Street, Dover, Delaware, 19904
Retail
325 S. State Street, Dover, Delaware, 19901
Retail
102 W. Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware, 19904
Retail
125A W. Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware, 19904
Retail
207 W. Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware, 19904
Museums, galleries, a show around Dover. Better as a plan than as a package.
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Services
120 S Bradfort St, Dover, Delaware, 19901
Beauty & Wellness
117 W. Reed St., Dover, Delaware, 19904
Beauty & Wellness
117 W. Reed St., Dover, Delaware, 19904
Beauty & Wellness
149 S. Governors Ave, Dover, Delaware, 19904
Beauty & Wellness
629 West Division St., Dover, Delaware, 19904
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Downtown Dover Dollars 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 Downtown Dover Dollars is accepted at over 20 independent businesses in Dover: 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 Downtown Dover Dollars is redeemable only at local businesses in Dover, 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 Dover.
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 Downtown Dover Dollars they can spend at over 20 independent Dover businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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