James Douglas Goode (April 15, 1944 – February 2, 2016) was the owner of the Goode Company restaurant group in Houston, Texas.As of 2012 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 chicken fried steak restaurant and live music venue, Armadillo's.
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."