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PJ's Lounge (Legendary Augusta Maine Gay Bar/1958-2009) EU da butt shirt gyms became important social spacesPJs Lounge Augusta, ME (19582009) For more than half a century, PJs Lounge occupied 80 Water Street in Augusta, becoming a landmark of Maine nightlife and, eventually, the states oldest continuously operating gay bar. PJs originally opened in 1958, during an era when Maines strict liquor laws required bars to provide a certain number of seats and patrons were generally expected to remain seatedrules that made dancing, mingling, and meeting new people