"Northeast Portland cocktail bar Cereus has started serving brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., complete with handmade empanadas and arepas with blackberry wine reduction. The menu includes many Colombian dishes hard to find in Portland restaurants. Caldo de costilla sopa, a classic hangover cure, is hearty with short ribs. Canoas, or plantain boats, arrive filled with shredded beef, peppers, and cheese. Another plantain dish, cayeye, starts with smashed green plantains, topped with queso costeño, peppers, and either chicharron or fried tofu. For egg dishes, the bar will serve a good number of options: the rice-and-bean dish calentado, which comes topped with two sunny eggs, and an egg scramble with tomatoes and corn." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
