I build products. Then I rate everything else.
Hey, I’m Chad — I run Distill Digital and build Rate It. It started with my wife and me rating restaurants around Baltimore in a spreadsheet, leading to the creation of Rate It. Now I write about that journey, along with my honest reviews of golf courses, travel destinations, restaurants, movies, and whiskey.
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Founder, Distill Digital & Rate It
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Movies
Mayday
Mayday is a 2026 Apple TV original directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, set in 1987 near the end of…
Golf
Plantation Golf and Country Club
Plantation Golf and Country Club is a private, 36-hole club in Venice, Florida, and the amenities around the golf make the case…
Restaurants
Blu Kouzina
Blu Kouzina is a Greek restaurant in UTC, serving the kind of Mediterranean menu built around dips, gyros, and fresh pita. The…
Restaurants
Alma de España
Alma de España is chef Elier Rodriguez’s first restaurant, a tribute to the grandmother who taught him to cook on a tobacco…
Restaurants
Kitchen Social
Kitchen Social sits in UTC, Sarasota’s University Town Center, serving an American menu built around variety and a mix of indoor and…
Movies
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity is Doug Liman’s 2002 adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s novel, the film that launched the Bourne franchise. Matt Damon plays…
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Distill Digital & Rate It
Distill Digital is the company I run. Rate It is the app I built there — real, structured ratings instead of five-star noise. The categories and ratings on this site are the same as what I have rated in the app.