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 Ottawa, good at over 30 independent businesses around Ottawa. 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 30 independent businesses in Ottawa. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Ottawa businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Ottawa businesses accept the Downtown Ottawa Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Ottawa where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
1012 N LaSalle St., Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Food & Dining
604 W MAIN ST, Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Food & Dining
213 W Madison St, Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Food & Dining
704 LaSalle Street, Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Food & Dining
700 La Salle St., Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Food & Dining
1219 Fulton St., OTTAWA, Illinois, 61350
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
726 La Salle St, Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Retail
211 W Madison st, OTTAWA, Illinois, 61350
Retail
224 W Madison St, Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Retail
224 W Main st, Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Retail
112 West Main St, OTTAWA, Illinois, 61350
Retail
712 La Salle St., Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Museums, galleries, a show around Ottawa. Better as a plan than as a package.
Arts & Culture
231 West Main Street, Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Arts & Culture
223 W. Madison St, Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Arts & Culture
700 W Main St., Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Entertainment
827 LaSalle Street, Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Downtown Ottawa 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 Ottawa is accepted at over 30 independent businesses in Ottawa: 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 Ottawa is redeemable only at local businesses in Ottawa, 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 Ottawa.
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 Ottawa they can spend at over 30 independent Ottawa businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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