This may be of interest to North American fans of good coffee:
Espresso map
Someone who has obviously travelled extensively on this continent has made a note of places where they serve good espresso.
Sadly, nothing in Ottawa gets a mention There is one place in Montreal, which I might check out next time I go there. A couple of places in Vancouver (hi vison!) And one in Saskatoon of all places. Who knew?
In the U.S. it looks like most of the good places are clustered in the west, and then spread evenly along the centre and east.