The legacy of Minnie Hanneman, founder of Minnie’s Uptown Restaurant in Columbus, will live on from a source born far beyond her generation: a YouTube channel.
Hanneman was 89 when she died two years ago. Her granddaughter, Melinda Weeks Newton, now owns the 39-year-old restaurant and is starting a YouTube channel to republish and chronicle her grandmother’s recipes. The channel, called Minnie’s Recipe Box, will feature videos of Newton and guests cooking Hanneman’s recipes.
Newton told the Ledger-Enquirer the idea for the channel came from dealing with the grief of her grandmother’s death. These videos are a way to honor her legacy and preserve some bites of Columbus history, she said…