Gusto Lounge reopening this weekend in cursed Westport location

This Thursday is the “soft” opening of the new Gusto Lounge, which is relocating from its nasty digs on Broadway to 504 Westport Road. The new space was most recently the home of Hell Bar, which lasted about five months. Before that, it was Karma for a couple of years. Prior to that, it was Johnny Dare’s bar. Not a rich tradition of success. But the management at the new Gusto (same guys as old Gusto) is betting that a proper Westport location and proper Westport crowd will be more receptive to their business model, which seems to be to hire musicians and scenesters to DJ and work the bar and hope they draw a steady crowd. They might be right! Here’s what they’ve got lined up this weekend: