Jim Goode

James Douglas Goode (April 15, 1944 – February 2, 2016) was an American businessperson who was the owner of the Goode Company restaurant group in Houston, Texas.

there are four different restaurant styles and a total of seven locations. His restaurant group includes Goode Company Barbecue; Goode Company Taqueria, which serves Mexican food and hamburgers; Goode Company Seafood, a sit-down seafood restaurant; and a southern, ranch style restaurant with live music called The Armadillo Palace. Four restaurants are located together on Kirby Drive.

Author Robb Walsh described Goode as "an all-around expert on Texas cookery" who operated "one of the top barbecue pits in Texas". In 2012 Greg Morago of the Houston Chronicle wrote that the family name Goode "is synonymous with Texas food and Bayou City hospitality."

Goode enlisted in the Navy and was stationed in Okinawa during the Vietnam War. After his military service he enrolled at the Milton Glaser School of Visual Arts. He worked as a freelance commercial artist before buying the Red Barn Barbecue,

Goode acquired it for $6,000. Goode had no prior experience in managing a restaurant.

Goode had competed in chuck wagon cook-offs, His wife Liz divorced in the 1980s and exited the business. Armadillo's opened in 2005. Goode had his central commissary established on Westpark Avenue.

Mayor of Houston Annise Parker declared October 7 "Jim Goode Day".