"Filipino restaurant Apoy serves crispy lechon kawali and lumpia, kare-kare, and cool glasses of halo-halo on Nicollet Avenue. When friends Curt Rademacher, Shawn Nafstad, and Sherwin Resurreccion — all local restaurant alums — opened it in 2018, Apoy made a splash with its bar program, and that reputation has endured: grilled pineapple coladas and spiced banana rye cocktails draw neighbors in for weekly karaoke nights and live music." - Justine Jones, Jon Cheng