still is a patio. there was a concrete one that was poured years before i bought the house. this one is past the original patio thats now a room. you can see it in the pix. granted its not super big, but you can sit a few chairs out there. in the last few pix you will notice what looks like a rusty rim. its a truck rim up on concrete blocks. we have fires in this sometimes at night when its not too hot.