Volcano Sportsbar & Grill

Can a place be a hole in the wall when it is the size of a football field?  Ok, maybe not a football field but Volcano's is a big place.  
I read about their chicken fried chicken and tried it.  It was good.  I have a soft spot for fried chicken although I usually refrain for health reasons.  I was pleasantly surprised.  It wasn't gourmet or anything but as far as fried chicken goes, I would say it was better than average.

Our waitress was really nice and made small talk with us in a folksy type of way.  It is the type of place where your waitress might sit down and talk to you for a second while she takes your order.  I could see it leading to slow service if it is busy and you are not the ones being talked to but in general it has a good low key west side of the metroplex feel.

Fun place.  We went there after a group trip of work people to Whirlyball.  It is a dive bar on crack, by that I mean it is enormous with shuffleboard tables, pool tables and dart boards everywhere.  It is a bar game dream.  They also have Golden Tee and all of those games.
The food is decent and probably better than we expected.  The beer is cheap.  The waitress is nice, she was somewhat to the point, but friendly enough.
Definitely a throwback bar that is probably the exact same as it was 10 years ago.

Well, it's a sports bar. Hence the title. No glam or luxury to be found at this joint.

There are a ton of pool tables, shuffleboard, darts, and an internet jukebox. There's a full kitchen with a decent menu (for a bar) full of burgers, wings, fried stuff. The kind of food you want to nom on after a couple of pitchers.

Now, this place is big. It feels really open on the inside despite dimming the lights and the smoke in the air. Not too welcoming if you like going to the local dive to watch the game. This is a place for groups.

I've been on weekdays and found a cozy spot at the bar. The drinks are super cheap. Pitchers were around $6 or $7 for most stuff (Try the Abita). On the weekend it's very busy. I'm not saying it's really hard to find a seat, but it can be sometimes. Like I said, this place is big.

If you live in HEB, you should visit Volcanos once or twice. See if the glove fits. Just remember, the whole place is smoker friendly :)