Where to eat when at a conference? Like everyone else, we face that question when on the road all the time.

So, here are some places for all of you who will be in Austin this year, be it at ChefConf this coming week, HashiConf in September or KubeCon in December.

The guidelines are simple. We look for places that are near the conference locations, which usually means in the city's downtown. Then we pick a few places ourselves and ask conference attendees where they like to go.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bHrn5S6rwbc

Here are the picks for this premiere of TNS Eats in order of appearance in the above video:

Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Q

Gus’s World Famous Hot & Spicy Fried Chicken

Green Light Social

Handlebar

Speakeasy

Swift's Attic

Blender's and Bowls (downtown)

Torchy's Tacos (South Congress)

Iron Works

Moonshine Grill

Royal Blue Grocery (3rd and Brazos)

Paco's Tacos

Franklin's Barbecue