Outdoor dining is coming back to Boston neighborhood’s streets and sidewalks, with one exception. The North End’s iconic Italian restaurants will not be setting up in the streets for the second year in a row. The North End — the city’s oldest neighborhood, which has the densest restaurant presence per capita in the state — was singled out in last year’s outdoor dining plan.

While it “may craft additional neighborhood-specific guidelines” later, the City of Boston said the North End could only have tables on sidewalks, not in streets. The city said that, in part due to the North End’s density of restaurants and narrow streets and sidewalks, on-street dining permits would not be issued. Other concerns were resident parking scarcity and high foot traffic.