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 Evanston Gift Card, good at over 50 independent businesses around Evanston. 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 50 independent businesses in Evanston. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Evanston businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Evanston businesses accept the Evanston Gift Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Evanston where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
509-A Main Street, Evanston, Illinois, 60202
Food & Dining
1901 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Food & Dining
2922 Central Street, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Food & Dining
1018 Davis St, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Food & Dining
703 Church St., Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Food & Dining
1707 Maple Ave., Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
2014 Central St, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Retail
624 Grove Street, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Retail
1930 Central Street, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Retail
1620 Orrington Ave, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Retail
600 Dempster Street, Evanston, Illinois, 60202
Retail
1631 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Museums, galleries, a show around Evanston. Better as a plan than as a package.
Arts & Culture
1627 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Arts & Culture
915 Foster St, Evanston, Illinois, 60201
Arts & Culture
704 Main Street, Evanston, Illinois, 60202
Retail
711 Main Street, Evanston, Illinois, 60202
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 Evanston Gift 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 Evanston Gift Card is accepted at over 50 independent businesses in Evanston: 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 Evanston Gift Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Evanston, 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 Evanston.
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 Evanston Gift Card they can spend at over 50 independent Evanston businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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