I’ve been lucky enough to get to Next—the Chicago restaurant which reinvents itself three times per year—for six of their menus—Sicily, Kyoto, The Hunt, Vegan (twice!), Bocuse d’Or and, most recently, Tapas.

With SFWA’s Nebula Awards weekend once more returning to Chicago, I’ve been looking forward to Next’s announcement of its 2016 plans. And now that, minutes ago, they’ve gone public with their three latest offerings, I know what I’ll be having for dinner with several of you.

So here’s what’s in store—

Our 2016 menus at Next reflect what we’ve grown to love the most about our ever-shifting restaurant. A perfectly seasonal menu? Check. Underrepresented regional cuisines? Yes. A time-warp to a perfect moment in culinary history? You bet.

First up is a menu that ties snugly to our cold, snowy Chicago environs in the Winter: The Alps. While we don’t have mountains of the natural variety here in Chicago, we do crave comfort food, a warm fire, and a hearty beverage during our cold winters. In finding a perfect match for our chilly winter we settled on the amazing cuisines of the mountain regions of Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria and France. Alpine cuisine is about a lot more than fondue we assure you. We’ll have blankets, warm drinks, and a convivial spirit ready… you find the skiing first! Season Ticket Price: $95 to $125, tasting menu.

Our summer menu takes us south for a Tour of South America. The diverse cuisines of South America merge native foods with Spanish, Italian, African and even Asian influences. The result is a cultural cornucopia of fresh seafood, exotic fruits and spices, and some standby favorites that have traveled the world. Next will highlight key dishes, techniques and ingredients from a number of countries and regions to develop a tasting menu showing the delicious interplay of cultures that comprise South American cuisines. Watch out for our Next Patio street food offerings, a la carte, during the summer months! Season Ticket Price: $85 to $115, tasting menu.

October 28th, 1996. 20 years ago Grant’s first day working at the French Laundry actually began with a meal at the restaurant together with his father. A spontaneous and generous gift from chef Thomas Keller, the meal showed Grant true hospitality. Just one year later Ruth Reichl, writing for the New York Times, named The French Laundry “the most exciting place to eat in the United States.” Not only is Thomas Keller a mentor to chef Achatz, he is a friend of ours and our restaurants, a visionary restaurateur, and the proprietor of what we believe is the most important restaurant in America over the last 25 years. We are honored that chef Keller personally approved this menu for Next, and we will faithfully recreate the seminal meal 20 years to the day it occurred. Get ready, TFL is coming to Next. Season Ticket Price: $255 to $285, tasting menu.

Season Tickets go on sale first to 2015 Season Ticket Holders on Wednesday, December 9th at 10AM CST. They will have 48-hour access ahead of the public by logging into Tock with the same email address they used for 2015 Tickets. You may log in here: profile.tocktix.com then navigate to Next.tocktix.com, click book experience and scroll to Season Tickets.

After season ticket renewals we will open up Season Tickets to everyone on Friday, December 11th at 10 AM CST. We have more tables offered than 2015 subscribers to ensure there is availability for newcomers.

I wish I could get to all of them, but alas, neither time nor money are on my side, so I’ll likely only make it for that one night during the Nebulas weekend.

But still … I’m starting to salivate already!