{"id":1416,"date":"2011-06-27T10:09:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T10:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2022-01-07T09:47:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T14:47:04","slug":"fun-and-fried-food-at-short-sands-beach-york-beach-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"Fun and Fried Food at Short Sands Beach, York Beach, Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5789\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_5789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 700px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/short-sands-beach-york-beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5789\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/short-sands-beach-york-beach-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fun at Short Sands Beach, York Beach, Maine\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/short-sands-beach-york-beach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/short-sands-beach-york-beach-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/short-sands-beach-york-beach-567x425.jpg 567w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/short-sands-beach-york-beach-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_5789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Short Sands Beach, York Beach Maine (photo by Eric)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"display: block; float: left; padding: 5px;\"><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-0542617997214413\"; \/* Cheap-Travel-Side-Ad *\/ google_ad_slot = \"4615336226\"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Those that have visited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/scenesofnewengland4.html\">Short Sands Beach<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/yorkbeach.html\">York Beach, Maine<\/a>, love this beautiful ocean beach with the nice stretch of sand, some rocky coast as well as free foot access and <a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=50\">cheap parking options<\/a> nearby. Adding to this wave of low-cost summertime New England fun are the Surfside restaurant for fried seafood, the &#8220;Bowling&#8221; building that offers, well, a candlepin bowling alley (and affordable souvenirs, clothing, boogie boards, etc.), and Fun O Rama with plenty of arcades for the whole family. The aroma of fried seafood and the noise from the arcade games and bowling pins dropping add another dimension to a classic, long-standing York Beach summer coastal beach scene!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1418\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1418\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 700px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P1090551.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1418 size-large\" title=\"Short Sands Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P1090551-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Short Sands Beach, York Beach, Maine\" width=\"700\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P1090551-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P1090551-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Short Sands Beach, York Beach, Maine (photo by Eric)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Short Sands Beach is located on Route 1A<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> <em>Of course, there&#8217;s so much more to York Beach. For more information on some of the top attractions, read our <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/york-beach-maine-attractions.html\"><em>&#8220;Ten Reasons to Visit York Beach, Maine,&#8221;<\/em><\/a><em> article. \u00a0You can also <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelscombined.com\/City\/York_Maine.htm?a_aid=18099&amp;brandId=20512\">explore\u00a0hotels in York, Maine<\/a> <\/em><em>&#8212; some at or near the water.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you enjoyed this post, you might also like reading:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=3615\">Enjoying a picnic at Sohier Park, York Beach<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=2781\">Visiting Portland Head Light at Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth<\/a><br \/>\nSpring magic at <a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=2449\">Short Sands Beach, York Beach<\/a><br \/>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=1507\">Long Sands Beach walk<\/a> in the morning<br \/>\nWhat it&#8217;s like to be at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/scenesofnewengland3.html\">Nubble Lighthouse, Cape Neddick<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/scenesofnewengland93.html\">A Marginal Way summer in Ogunquit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnewengland.com\/scenesofnewengland86.html\">Visiting Kennebunkport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those that have visited Short Sands Beach at York Beach, Maine, love this beautiful ocean beach with the nice stretch of sand, some rocky coast as well as free foot access and cheap parking options nearby. Adding to this wave of low-cost summertime New England fun are the Surfside restaurant for fried seafood, the &#8220;Bowling&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[283,224,284,271,2474],"tags":[1125,1129,1128,224,1126,330,28,1127],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5791,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions\/5791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}