After working in IT for 20 years, Jimmy Hopper took a baking course at age 30 and would soon decide that it was time for a career change.
After taking the baking course, Hopper worked part time decorating wedding cakes and cookies, before moving to D.C. and leasing the property for his new business, Three Fifty Bakery & Coffee Bar.
It would take the first-time business owner an entire year to open up the space. “I went through things that every new business owner goes through when they’re opening, which is kind of just doubting themselves,” he said.
The bakery was initially intended to specialize in cake decorating but Hopper and his partner recognized that what the community needed more was a coffee bar and bakery for their morning commute.