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 Berkeley Bucks, good at over 100 independent businesses around Berkeley. 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 Berkeley. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Berkeley businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Berkeley businesses accept the Berkeley Bucks Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Berkeley where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
1925 Ninth Street, Berkeley, California, 94710
Food & Dining
1700 Shattuck Ave. #318, Berkeley, California, 94709
Food & Dining
2170 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, California, 94704
Food & Dining
2086 University Avenue, Berkeley, California, 94704
Food & Dining
2900 College Avenue, Berkeley, California, 94705
Food & Dining
2502 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, California, 94704
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
824 Ashby Ave., Berkeley, California, 94710
Retail
1120 Solano Avenue, Albany, California, 94706
Retail
2943 College Ave, Berkeley, California, 94705
Retail
3086 Claremont Ave, Berkeley , California, 94705
Retail
2530 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, California, 94702
Retail
1831 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, California, 94707
Museums, galleries, a show around Berkeley. Better as a plan than as a package.
Arts & Culture
1652 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, California, 94709
Services
2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, California, 94704
Services
2025 Addison St, Berkeley, California, 94704
Services
1942 University Avenue #104, Berkeley, California, 94702
Services
700 Gilman Street, Berkeley, California, 94710
Services
1901 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, California, 94703
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Beauty & Wellness
2842 Prince Street, Berkeley, California, 94705
Beauty & Wellness
1946 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, California, 94704
Beauty & Wellness
2432 Durant Ave, Berkeley, California, 94704
Beauty & Wellness
1605 Solano Ave, Berkeley, California, 94707
Beauty & Wellness
1605 Solano Ave, Berkeley, California, 94707
Services
1402 Solano avenue, Albany, California, 94706
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Berkeley Bucks 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 Berkeley Bucks is accepted at over 100 independent businesses in Berkeley: 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 Berkeley Bucks is redeemable only at local businesses in Berkeley, 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 Berkeley.
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 Berkeley Bucks they can spend at over 100 independent Berkeley businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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