Goode Company will open its newest restaurant – and its first new full-service concept in more than a decade -- Goode Company Kitchen & Cantina today, Sept. 5, in the Woodlands.

The 7,400-square-foot restaurant, the company's first new brand since it opened Armadillo Palace in 2004, Goode Company Kitchen & Cantina celebrates the Texan/Mexican heritage of fifth-generation company president Levi Goode. The restaurant's menu, described as "unapologetically Tex-Mex" includes dishes such as tacos al carbon, enchiladas, crispy tacos, carnitas, fajitas, seafood campechana, and Texas-proud dishes such as quail, redfish on the half shell, mesquite-grilled snapper, and Gulf shrimp wrapped in bacon.

The restaurant, which is adjacent to the already-open Goode Company Barbecue at 8865 Six Pines Drive at Research Forest Drive, was originally scheduled to open before Hurricane Harvey. The barbecue restaurant next door opened on Aug. 1. Both restaurants are a big step for the Houston-based company: they mark the first time Goode has ventured outside the Houston city limits since the company began 40 years ago.

Goode Company Kitchen & Cantina was designed by Gin Design Group of Houston using reclaimed wood, artisan-made fixtures, and pieces from the family's personal collection. The design is a tribute to Levi Goode's grandmother, Emma Longoria Goode, a Mexican immigrant who became a Tex-Mex pioneer cooking with ingredients found on both sides of the border.

"I aspire for Kitchen & Cantina to be this country's best Tex-Mex restaurant," Goode said. "That would be the highest tribute to my grandmother and the indelible role she ultimately played in our family's restaurant success."

Goode Company Kitchen & Cantina, 8865 Six Pines Drive, the Woodlands. The restaurant will be open daily at 11 a.m., closing at 9 p.m. on weekdays and 10 p.m. on weekends. For more information, call 281-826-5150.