• The gang was all there at the grand opening of Secret Stash West yesterday, where Kevin, Scott, Jay, Brian, Jeff, and many other familiar faces staged a marathon meet-and-greet with a huge line of fans, all eager to meet the stars, take some pictures, and get their mitts on the newly-released Clerks X and Jersey Girl DVDs. Kevin stuck around the store for over 9 hours to ensure that every fan waiting in line had a chance to come in, say hello, check out the place, and get their discs signed. The lineup was even longer than anticipated, though we hope all in attendance found it to be worth the wait. The Evening With Kevin Smith 2 DVD crew was even on hand to record new interviews for the upcoming production.

Kevin ushered in the event in the early evening, personally ripping the sign down covering the front door and inviting the first customers inside.

The Shoot’s Antony Teofilo (he of the Jersey Girl writeups on the DVD) was on hand to take some shots and filed a report that you can read now over at MPS. He uses photos with detailed captions to cover some candid moments from throughout the day.

You can find tons of stories and posts from the lucky attendees over at the View Askew Web Board, where we’re sure stories will continue to be spun over the next few days.

Subscribers to WireImage can view photos from the event in high resolution. The rest of us can check out some thumbnails, anyway.

The top batch of photos we have here at News Askew come to us courtesy of The IESB, who have posted the biggest and best gallery of photos from this event anywhere.

Exclusive photos at the end of the batch come to us from Jeff Tucker, who also appears with his wife Rachel in the opening of the Snowball Effect documentary. Special thanks to them! The store looks fantastic, and we certainly look forward to feasting our eyes on the cool props and design in person. Until then, we’ll live viaciously through you all! If you’re in California, make it a mandatory stop, folks.