An ode to the Foresters Arms
Generations of students have celebrated the end of exams in this pub for all seasons
David Williams opened Foresters Arms in 1852 to allow his lumberjacks the opportunity to refresh themselves with a few beers from the local breweries after their daily efforts at deforestation on the slopes of Table Mountain.
Forries is a wonderful Newlands pub of the old school situated on the mountain side of Newlands Avenue and set back from the road in a traditional white building with a mock Tudor exterior. It is a place you are drawn to on a rainy day. Which is fortunate for the publican since Newlands has some of the highest rainfall in the county. Inside is dominated by a long wooden bar counter that is manned enthusiastically by the optimal number of barmen to keep pints refreshed...
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