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 Nashville Downtown Dollars, good at over 125 independent businesses around Nashville-Davidson. 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 125 independent businesses in Nashville-Davidson. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Nashville-Davidson businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Nashville-Davidson businesses accept the Nashville Downtown Dollars Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Nashville-Davidson where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
415 4th Ave S, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37201
Food & Dining
1210 McGavock St., Nashville, Tennessee, 37203
Food & Dining
208 Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37201
Food & Dining
316 11th Avenue South, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37203
Food & Dining
162 4th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Food & Dining
555 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
606 12th Avenue South, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37203
Retail
144 5th Avenue North, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37219
Retail
625 8th Ave S, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203
Retail
5 Arcade, Nashville , Tennessee, 37219
Retail
200 4th Avenue North, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37219
Retail
425 Church Street, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37219
Museums, galleries, a show around Nashville-Davidson. Better as a plan than as a package.
Lodging
221 2nd Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, 37201
Arts & Culture
215 5th Avenue North, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37219
Arts & Culture
111 Broadway, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37201
Arts & Culture
119 3rd Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, 37201
Arts & Culture
116 5th Ave N, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37219
Arts & Culture
5044 Broadway Place, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Beauty & Wellness
158 Rosa L Parks Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203
Beauty & Wellness
1100 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203
Beauty & Wellness
410 11th Ave North, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37203
Beauty & Wellness
400 11th Ave North, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, 37203
Beauty & Wellness
25 Arcade, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Beauty & Wellness
401 Korean Veterans Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Nashville Downtown 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 Nashville Downtown Dollars is accepted at over 125 independent businesses in Nashville-Davidson: 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 Nashville Downtown Dollars is redeemable only at local businesses in Nashville-Davidson, 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 Nashville-Davidson.
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 Nashville Downtown Dollars they can spend at over 125 independent Nashville-Davidson businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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