Café and craft doughnut shop to open in Hopkins Bloomberg Center

Good Company Doughnuts & Cafe, a veteran- and family-owned café known for handcrafted doughnuts, will open a publicly accessible location anticipated by year end at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Good Company Doughnuts & Cafe, known as GoCoDough, will operate a full-service café that will be open seven days a week, offering an extensive menu of breakfast, lunch, and dinner options.

Since opening last October, the Hopkins Bloomberg Center—located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave., in the heart of the nation's capital—has been a bustling hub of academic activity while delivering a broad range of public programming, including high-impact policy speeches, engaging forums on artificial intelligence, and a regular cadence of free theater, dance, and musical performances. The Hopkins Bloomberg Center has also generated economic activity in downtown Washington and recently received the DC Chamber of Commerce's 2024 Economic Impact Award for having a "significant impact on the economic vitality of the District of Columbia."

Image caption: Conceptual rendering of cafe counter

The addition of GoCoDough will provide students, faculty, and guests with fresh foods featuring global flavors, including soups, sandwiches, salads, bowls, platters, Intelligentsia Coffee, and more. GoCoDough joins the Johns Hopkins community after having successfully expanded its brand in National Landing/Amazon HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia, and The Westerly development in Southwest Washington, DC.

"Here at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, Good Company will provide the John Hopkins and DC community as well as visitors to the Penn Quarter neighborhood with a new, excellent dining option and yet another reason to spend time right on Pennsylvania Avenue," said Cybele Bjorklund, executive director of the Hopkins Bloomberg Center. "GoCoDough is a local business, they're family-owned and community-oriented, and they're passionate about serving great food."

The new café will face Pennsylvania Avenue from its location at the southeast corner of the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, adjacent to the Canadian Embassy. Featuring indoor and outdoor seating, the café will also reside next to the new Irene and Richard Frary Gallery, which is set to open to the public on Oct. 23. The café will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays through Mondays.

"The Good Company family is very excited to be joining Johns Hopkins University at the beautiful Hopkins Bloomberg Center," said Charles Kachadoorian, co-founder and managing partner of Good Company Doughnuts and Cafe and a U.S. Army veteran. "We are looking forward to getting to know our new neighbors and treating folks with the best food and drink we can make."

Image caption: Conceptual rendering of cafe seating

The Hopkins Bloomberg Center opened in the fall of 2023, anchored by the university's School of Advanced International Studies, Carey Business School, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Peabody Institute, and the soon-to-be-established School of Government and Policy. The center hosts a range of programming that covers all corners of Johns Hopkins, bringing thousands of students, experts, and researchers from all the university's Baltimore- and D.C.-based divisions together with policymakers, practitioners, artists, and community members on Pennsylvania Avenue. On an average day, more than 3,000 students, faculty, and staff are on site during the fall and spring semesters.

"We love seeing local businesses open, grow, and thrive in D.C.," said Nina Albert, deputy mayor for planning and economic development. "Good Company will be a wonderful addition to the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, which continues to bring vibrancy and energy to downtown D.C."