Chasing Amy, who spent two weeks renovating the location. The store opened March 6, 1999 with a gala "Stash Bash". at 35 Broad Street, A change jar by the cash register has collected money for Operation Kindness, a local animal shelter championed by Smith's mother. A second Secret Stash in the Westwood area of Los Angeles was opened in September 2004 and was managed by long-time associate Bryan Johnson, who has appeared in Smith's films as Steve-Dave. It closed on October 10, 2007. The store relocated inside the Laser Blazer DVD retailer in Los Angeles, California. The Stash at Laser Blazer closed on January 11, 2009. Laser Blazer remained open and used the area for Blu-ray Discs. Laser Blazer eventually closed on December 24, 2011 due to declining sales. On November 25, 2020, Smith announced on his Twitter account that he was closing the current Red Bank store at 35 Broad Street on December 28, and moving the store down the block to a long-vacant corner location at 65 Broad Street. The new location opened on February 22, 2021. Memorabilia Various props and memorabilia from Smith's films have decorated the Red Bank store. Among them: From Clerks Silent Bob's wardrobe – The dark jacket and the other articles worn by Smith's character in his first film were the clothes he himself used to wear, but stopped wearing when the character became famous. From Mallrats Silent Bob's hard hat and coat – The hard hat was a bicycle helmet that was customized to look like Batman's cowl. Three extra feet of leather was sewn into the coat in order to achieve a cape-like effect. Magic Eye poster – In the film, Ethan Suplee's character tries unsuccessfully to see a sailboat in an autostereogram, though the hidden image in the store's version of the poster is of the film's logo. Ash artwork – This illustration, which was featured in the film, was the first time Smith worked with artist/writers Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, the creators of Ash who drew the piece. Smith comments, "They've got their Ash movie deal with DreamWorks now, but we've got the first Ash appearance in a movie." From Chasing Amy Bluntman and Chronic pages – Artist Mike Allred illustrated the large pages seen in the film, though due to Allred's schedule, the interior pages were drawn by Matt Brundage, who imitated Allred's style, inked by Allred,