Discover over 40 amazing local businesses in Downtown Schenectady—more are added every day. Browse our complete directory, find Downtown Dollars Card merchants, and discover special offers. Support local, build community.
Use at any of the over 40 businesses below
Food & Dining
Downtown Sports Bar with great drinks, food and people.
Shopping & Retail
Alchemy Wellness Shop has all your needs for wellness products, sound healing, reiki, community workshops, and more! We are a hub of local makers, crafters, artists, and offer unique handmade goods, crystals, jewelry, candles, books, incense, herbal teas, detox supplements & much more! By supporting us you are also supporting other small businesses! Text 518 238 8847 for more info on hours, or to book appointments! Also check out www.alchemywellnessshop.com to learn more!
Entertainment
The Capital Region’s largest, dedicated, Qualified Sound Stage. From HBOMAX and Amazon Prime large, to Indie small. Also host to touring immersive experiences like Van Gogh, Dinos Alive, and the Titanic Experience.
Food & Dining
Burgers, wings & hearty American mains pair with craft beer & cocktails in a relaxed atmosphere.
Shopping & Retail
A curated curiosity shop and gallery specializing in vintage and contemporary illustrative arts of all kinds. Featuring colorful and affordable silkscreen prints, original artwork, useful and amusing objects, silly trinkets, plus fine quality gifts for the very best people in your life.
Shopping & Retail
Hand made, small batch, different & delicious chocolates, old school candies & unique giftrs.
Shopping & Retail
Home decor, gifts, vintage, artwork, Jewelry, boutique.
Arts & Culture
Nonprofit art studio & ceramics studio focused using art for mental health and community connection.
Food & Dining
Offering delicious pastries, cookies, tomato pie, Italian ice and more for over 100 years!
BID
The Downtown Schenectady, NY has many of your favorite retailers, restaurants, services and entertainment in one place. Use the voucher at participating locations — there is truly something for everyone! The mission of the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp (DSIC) is to promote downtown Schenectady as a premier location for recreation, commerce, and living by promoting, enhancing, and facilitating economic growth.
Food & Dining
The Electric Grinch is the newest live music venue and bar in Schenectady, NY. Enjoy live music on weekends, great patio atmosphere, and craft cocktails.
Food & Dining
This craft brewery specializes in small-batch beers brewed with quality ingredients and attention to detail. Visitors can explore a rotating selection of house-made ales and lagers, from hoppy IPAs to rich stouts, each crafted to showcase unique flavors and brewing techniques.
Shopping & Retail
Every service and product is offered with purpose. Whether you’re receiving a limpia cleansing, egg cleanse, road opener work, spiritual guidance, energy healing, or shopping our carefully curated collection of herbs, crystals, candles, teas, and ritual tools, you’ll experience personalized care rooted in authenticity and respect for traditional spiritual practices. What makes Grounded Goddess different is our commitment to creating a welcoming, judgment-free environment.
Shopping & Retail
Well-made. Well-loved. Well-tended. We sell vintage accessories, create practical whimsy, and help you keep it all in good repair. Welcome.
Health & Beauty
At Inner Bliss Yoga & Wellness we offer yoga & pilates for all levels and all bodies. We believe in building a community where you can come to unwind, move your body, and be free to be yourself. We also offer wellness services such as facials, sound healing, reiki, and EFT Tapping.
Food & Dining
A small hometown pub geared toward the growing electric city.
Food & Dining
Subs, deli sandwiches, soups, salads and wraps!
Food & Dining
Relaxed hangout where American menu items have Irish names & musicians entertain on weekends.
Health & Beauty
Here at Last Nerve Tattoo you will receive the care and quality you deserve. We focus heavily on providing an enjoyable experience and best quality tattoos in Schenectady. We specialize in Realism, however we are not limited to this. We also offer any style you’d like as well as black, grey, and color tattoos.
Food & Dining
The world's favorite food - pizza - but with a wood-fired signature stamp. Our pizza brings together the best of both worlds: the heritage and soul of Neapolitan tradition with the bold, unmistakable character of New York-style pizza. In partnership with our friends at Frog Alley, our aim is to create something worth traveling for –a destination within the Capital Region and beyond.
Health & Beauty
Majestic Salon opened in thec1930s in downtown Schenectady. It has been a long standing business on Jay as a Aveda Salon and bouquet.
Join our growing network of over 40 local businesses—more join every day—and start accepting Downtown Dollars Cards today. Increase foot traffic, attract new customers, and become part of the community that keeps dollars local.
Downtown Dollars users spend 30% more on average and return more frequently
Get discovered by residents and visitors looking for local businesses to support
Every dollar spent locally circulates 3X more in Downtown Schenectady's economy
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Every purchase at these local businesses helps strengthen our Downtown Schenectady community. Downtown Dollars Cards are digital gift cards that work at all participating businesses.
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