Vacation in Boston - Need suggestions

Illusions

Alrighty, I'm headed to Boston in a few weeks for a four day vacation trip, and I'm looking for a few suggestions on good restaurants to eat at, and some places to visit in the Boston, Cambridge, and Salem area. Also I'm looking for the name of an upscale fine-dining/fancy restaurant that I would be able to either walk into and expect to be seated, or be able to make reservations at in the next week and actually be able to get seating within a few days (lobster on the menu a plus). Anyone who's been to Boston, or local Boston citizens feel especially free to chime in, as I'm looking to get feedback and suggestions from actual people, not hordes of them like with Zagat, or some internet food critic.

P.S. The fancy restaurant is the thing I'm actually most interested in hearing about

Jelmer

You only have fancy restaurants in Europe, my friend

Withers

Well, I'm not from Boston, but I'm heading there some time in the next few months for this:

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

(It's at the Boston Museum of Science)

"...The first exhibition of its kind, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination combines costumes and props from all six Star Wars films with real-world technologies; video interviews with filmmakers, scientists and engineers; hands-on components, including two large Engineering Design Labs, where visitors build and test speeders and robots..."

Please, don't throw rocks at me.

Eric Chadwick

The Bostonist is a great site for recommendations.
http://www.bostonist.com/archives/food/

Boston.com is the Boston Globe's online paper, tons of reference in there.
http://restaurants.boston.com/restaurants-browse-boston!-elegant.htm
Mamma Maria is supposed to be awesome, so a friend said, we haven't made it there yet. Reservations needed though.