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 Rockridge Card, good at over 40 independent businesses around Oakland. 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 40 independent businesses in Oakland. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Oakland businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Oakland businesses accept the Rockridge Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Oakland where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
5800 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Food & Dining
5634 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Food & Dining
5299A College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Food & Dining
6309 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Food & Dining
5912 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Food & Dining
5500 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
5453 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Retail
5511 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Retail
5533 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Retail
5433 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Retail
5291 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Retail
5267 Broadway, Oakland, California, 94618
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Beauty & Wellness
5820 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Beauty & Wellness
5413 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Health & Beauty
5410 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Beauty & Wellness
5431 College Avenue, Oakland, California, 94618
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Rockridge 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 Rockridge Card is accepted at over 40 independent businesses in Oakland: 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 Rockridge Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Oakland, 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 Oakland.
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 Rockridge Card they can spend at over 40 independent Oakland businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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