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 Fairfax City Flex Card, good at over 50 independent businesses around Fairfax. 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 Fairfax. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Fairfax businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Fairfax businesses accept the Fairfax City Flex Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Fairfax where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
10392 Fairfax Blvd, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Food & Dining
9639 Fairfax Blvd, Fairfax, Virginia, 22031
Food & Dining
10382 Willard Way, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Food & Dining
3955 Chain Bridge Rd Suite 107, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Food & Dining
10409C Main St, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Food & Dining
10389 Main St, B, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Shopping & Retail
10427 North Street, Burke, Virginia, 22015
Retail
10560 Main Street Suite #308, Fairfax , Virginia, 22030
Retail
10310B Main St., Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Retail
10400 Main Street, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Retail
10414 Main St 2nd Floor, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Retail
4011 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Museums, galleries, a show around Fairfax. Better as a plan than as a package.
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Beauty & Wellness
3943 Old Lee Hwy, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Beauty & Wellness
10782 Fairfax Blvd ste C, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Beauty & Wellness
11218 Lee Hwy , Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Beauty & Wellness
9659 Fairfax Blvd , Fairfax , Virginia, 22031
Beauty & Wellness
9548A Main St , Fairfax, Virginia, 22031
Beauty & Wellness
9940C Fairfax Blvd., Fairfax, Virginia, 22030
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Fairfax City Flex 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 Fairfax City Flex Card is accepted at over 50 independent businesses in Fairfax: 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 Fairfax City Flex Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Fairfax, 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 a monthly inactivity fee after 12 months of no use. Checkout shows the amount.
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 Fairfax.
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 Fairfax City Flex Card they can spend at over 50 independent Fairfax businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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