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 Friends of Global Markets, good at over 30 independent businesses around Midtown Global Market. 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 Midtown Global Market. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Midtown Global Market businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Midtown Global Market businesses accept the Friends of Global Markets Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Midtown Global Market where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Food & Dining
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Food & Dining
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Food & Dining
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Food & Dining
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Food & Dining
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Retail
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Retail
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Retail
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Retail
920 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
Museums, galleries, a show around Midtown Global Market. Better as a plan than as a package.
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 Friends of Global Markets 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 Friends of Global Markets is accepted at over 30 independent businesses in Midtown Global Market: 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 Friends of Global Markets is redeemable only at local businesses in Midtown Global Market, 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 Midtown Global Market.
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 Friends of Global Markets they can spend at over 30 independent Midtown Global Market businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
Buy a Friends of Global Markets
