Goode Co. Kitchen & Cantina

1801 Yale Street

Houston, TX 77008

(713) 244-8448

With no restaurant experience and very little money, we began to transform an old barn-style eatery into our first bona fide location. By our way of thinking, what Texas barbeque ought to be: fresh food at an honest price, made to please and made to order.

It was hard work. Most nights, Jim Goode and his uncle, Joe Dixie, slept at the Houston restaurant, waking up every hour to check on the brisket.

One slept inside, one outside, and they kept a shotgun nearby to protect the meat, the equipment, and themselves (in that order). On slow days, Jim would head out onto Kirby Drive, sandwiches in hand, and invite people in to sit for a while. And it certainly didn’t help that the whole street smelled of mesquite—the hardy little tree still piled outside our restaurants, and the same wood we’ve been smokin’ the Goode stuff with for years.

It doesn’t stop with our barbeque, either—
fajitas, fresh seafood, homegrown heirloom vegetables—the flame-kissed flavor of mesquite has threaded its way through every one of our menus since Jim famously served the city its first mesquite-grilled fajitas at our original Goode Co. Taqueria.

In fact, our barbeque pits haven’t stopped smoking since 1977—
because we figure when you’re in it for the long haul, no shortcut’s worth taking.