Candy Shop & Restaurant York Beach, Maine We are a candy store, homemade ice cream shop and restaurant, located in the heart of Short Sands Beach in York Beach, Maine since 1896. Shop Now DINING ABOUT US Established in 1896 In 1896, Edward and Mattie Talpey established The Goldenrod on the very site where it stands today. The following year saw the arrival of the first electric trains of the Portsmouth, Kittery and York Railway. Our Full HISTORY