Are restaurant gift cards appropriate for GC and teacher help, after the admission process is over?

After my kid’s college applications have been submitted, I’d like to thank his guidance counselor and teachers that wrote letters of recommendation.

I read in an old thread that college coffee mugs and sweatshirts or a plate of cookies are appropriate gifts. Personally, I find these ideas feeble, given the amount of uncompensated work that was put in, and I imagine that a restaurant gift card would be appreciated far more. What do you think?

That would be fine. Starbucks cards would work too.