Retractable doors allow for all-season use of the patio, which backs up to the interior “FireBar” and shares a fireplace.

The Firebirds features an expanded “FireBar” area that serves as a gathering place after work and on weekends.

A table in the middle of the dining area plays the role of service area for the wait staff.

Lighting fixtures and booth materials were updated in the new Jacksonville, Fla., Firebirds unit.

A back-lighted area features a cascade of adult-beverage bottles and beer taps behind the “FireBar.”

Lighting is embedded in the ceiling’s architectural design elements.

The FireBar offers its own menu of shareable items, including, from left, Philly Cheese Egg Rolls, Bavarian Pretzel with Samuel Adams Beer Cheese and Fired Up Shrimp.

Firebirds said about 30 percent of sales are in beverages, including a number of specialty cocktails.

The kitchen, with its wood-fired grill, is visible from about anywhere in the Firebirds dining room.

Stacked firewood anchors the interior view of the glass-walled fireplace that separate the Fire Bar from the patio.