Dynamo open MLS play Saturday at Shell Energy Stadium

Get the low-down on the fierce competition between the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas on and off the pitch, which includes a smokin’ BBQ.

The Houston Dynamo will play their final match of a 3 game series on Saturday, 11/11. The team will face off with Real Salt Lake for a chance to advance to the MLS semi-finals. If they can pull off the victory, the Dynamo will get home field advantage!

His name is synonymous with culinary excellence in Houston, and now fans will be able to enjoy his popular cuisine during Dynamo and Dash games.

Chef Hugo Ortega, executive chef and co-owner of five restaurants including URBE and Hugo’s, is partnering with “Top Chef Mexico” winner Rodolfo Castellanos on two events designed to celebrate Oaxacan cuisine.

HOUSTON – Chef Hugo Ortega is executive chef/co-owner of four of Houston’s top restaurants – Backstreet Cafe, Hugo’s, Caracol and Xochi, and winner of Best Chef: Southwest at the prestigious 2017 James Beard Foundation Awards. Ortega has been recognized locally, nationally and globally for his inspirational story and his passion for sharing traditional Mexican cooking and culture. He welcomed Houston Life Reporter into one of his restaurants Xochi to try eating bugs for the first time. Xochi Bug Eating (Copyright 2020 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) Ortega had a variety of bugs for Joe to try including the flying ants, worms, and grasshoppers sharing with Joe that this is the type of food that’s common to his culture and how he grew up and that he wants to share some of that with Houston.