This may be almost it for most of the reviewers but for me Brennan's is it. I worked in Painesville for many years. This is where I came with just one coworker for confidential chats. This is where we brought new people or people who were leaving. If friends accompanied me for a work function they ended up here.
Some may prefer Pickle Bill's across the street. It does have a location on the water, outdoor dining and a great floating bar. Few of us ever went there more than once. If you are 10-35 I suspect you will prefer Pickle Bill's.
The testimony for Brennan's is that over the years all of us who go there continue eating the same things. For me the perch sandwich, those soft greasy fries, and a draft non designer beer with no orange slice, lime slice, or any other bubble tea flavors. The only other dish for me is the fried walleye platter. The fries are unique to Brennan's and they warn you on the menu they are the way their customers like them. I can expand that and say all of Brennan's is the way their customers like it.
I no longer work in that area and I am happy never to have to see my old workplace again, but Brennan's I still frequent.