Dickey’s Barbecue opens in Phoenix suburb

KTAR’s Main Street Minute focuses on local businesses that are hiring, opening and hosting events across the community. These stories air each weekday on KTAR at 7:27 a.m.

• Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has opened another site, this one in the West Valley. The new restaurant in Goodyear near Estrella Parkway and Roosevelt Street is spending the weekend getting to know neighbors with giveaways. Visitors who contribute to the company’s charitable foundation Friday will get a gift card. Saturday, customers will have a chance to win barbecue for a year.

• Mountain Vista Medical Center is celebrating its 10-year anniversary Saturday with free family fun. The event runs from 10 a.m. until noon at the clinic near Crismon Road and Southern Avenue in Mesa. The day will include appearances by the Phoenix Suns Gorilla and the Phoenix Mercury mascot Scorch.

• Phoenix’s newest music venue is hiring. The Van Buren is holding a job fair Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. near Central Avenue and Van Buren Street. There are openings in security, box office, bartenders, cooks and more.