Ohio is a landlocked state, which means nobody walks in expecting the best seafood meal of their life. That is exactly the kind of expectation these places thrive on.
There is something almost unfair about finding genuinely great seafood in a state with no coastline. It catches you completely off guard, and then it ruins you for the polished waterfront restaurants you have been spending twice as much at for years.
The spots on this list are not trying to impress anyone with their decor. The lighting is whatever it is, the menu might be written on a chalkboard or a laminated sheet from 2009, and the parking situation is whatever the parking situation is…