While Paula Deen is known as the queen of butter, Braunda Smith considers herself the queen of frying.

Smith, chef and owner of Lucy Cooper’s Ice House in New Braunfels — a bar at its core — is the creative mind behind menu items such as fried mac and cheese sticks with a strawberry jalapeno dip and, of course, the fried green tomatoes BLT.

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Boodreaux's clothesline bacon is made with thick cut smoked bacon candied with whiskey and brown sugar and served with Georgia peach marmalade at Lucy Cooper's Ice House in New Braunfels.

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A cup of maw maw's gumbo at Lucy Cooper's Ice House in New Braunfels.

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Nashville south chicken sammich with french fries served at Lucy Cooper's Ice House in New Braunfels.

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Braunda and Jesse Smith, owners of Lucy Coopers Ice House pose for a portrait Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 at Lucy Cooper's in New Braunfels.

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Richard Johnson

We tried it. Not a real fan, for dinner. It is aimed at bar food, and alcohol along with music. But if you are going to a place after work, I am sure it is a good spot to party. So, I give it 4 out of 5 stars, but not for a dinner experience.

Braunda Smith

You are correct. We are a bar first and the food we serve is a little bit of everything from elevated bar food to burgers, wings, pizzas and some full dinner style plates. We aren't for everyone, and that's ok too. What we are doing is bring the new style of bar centric dining to New Braunfels and San Antonio.

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