After visiting Drift Fish House & Oyster Bar , I'm not surprised that restaurateur-chef Doug Turbush has a devoted following for his east Cobb locales. Seed Kitchen & Bar, Stem Wine Bar, now Drift. Add me to the Turbush tribe.

That means I’m willing to make the one-hour trek on a Friday night from intown to Turbush’s newest digs at 4475 Roswell Road in Marietta. That also means that, despite keeping a bumper-to-bumper headache at bay by singing along to mellow Suzanne Vega tunes, by the time I parked the car in the Avenue East Cobb shopping mall, which Drift calls home, I was ready for a drink.

Drift Fish House & Oyster Bar, 4475 Roswell Road, Marietta. 770-635-7641, driftoysterbar.com .

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Bourbon Cured Salmon with benne seed crackers, apple and jalapeno cream. (BECKY STEIN PHOTOGRAPHY)

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Bay of Fundy Salmon with spring onion, fava beans, shiitakes, charred green and garlic vinaigrette. (BECKY STEIN PHOTOGRAPHY)

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Chowder Fries with Benton's bacon, fried clams and Meyer lemon puree. (BECKY STEIN PHOTOGRAPHY)

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Wood Roasted Oysters- with anchovy garlic butter, breadcrumbs, parmesan and lemon. (Beckystein.com)

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The Smoked Old Fashioned with Diplomatico Anejo Rum, demerara, orange, bitters and hickory smoke is made tableside. CONTRIBUTED BY BECKYSTEIN.COM

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Boxing The Compass- St. Augustine Rum, blackwell rum, sherry, ginger-lemon syrup, lime, bitters. (BECKY STEIN PHOTOGRAPHY)

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Oaxaca The Plank- Amaras mezcal, gran Classico, banana, cayenne, lime, bitters. (BECKY STEIN PHOTOGRAPHY)

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Chef Doug Turbush at the chef table.(Beckystein.com)

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