Business Buzz: New restaurant; winter market; grand opening and moves

Here’s some business news in the Missoula area:
The Missoula Valley Winter Market season starts on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Southgate Mall events concourse near the indoor entrance to Scheels. The market’s hours are 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. through Dec. 30. Then from Jan. 6 through April 13, it will run 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
There will be over 40 local vendors selling food, beverages, arts and crafts.
Max Smith and Katie Madden set up a produce booth at the Missoula Valley Winter Market in 2016.
Missoulian file photo
A new Mexican restaurant at Southgate Mall is hiring. The team from the Pangea restaurant in downtown Missoula plans to open the new spot, called Elote, in the old Red Robin restaurant space at the mall in March of 2024, although it could be earlier.
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They’re hiring both full- and part-time employees.
“This is not a franchise, so we can build and grow in anyway we choose,” the restaurant’s hiring page says. “Every employee has true value from