A big part of what makes many local New Orleans restaurants tick are the New Orleans people behind them. The loss this summer of one passionate restaurateur now means the end of his Uptown restaurant after 14 years.

Apolline restaurant at 4729 Magazine St. has closed, confirmed Sharon Andrews. Her brother Keith Andrews was its founder and driving force. He died July 5 at age 60 , shortly after a cancer diagnosis.

“He poured his heart and soul into the place, and without him we just couldn’t keep it going,” Sharon Andrews said.

The restaurant space, an old double shotgun house along a row of other small businesses, emerged as Apolline in 2011 .

It was an upscale, high-aiming but still low-key restaurant, a place right in the middle of the Uptown dining scene that could feel like a

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