The Chatterbox was a neighborhood bar and hard rock/punk venue located in San Francisco's Mission District at 853 Valencia Street from 1986 to 1990. The club hosted many local bands such as White Trash Debutantes, the Jackson Saints, Motorcycle Boy, Osgood Slaughter, Spot 1019, Stone Fox, and the Dwarves.

The Chatterbox, named for a song by the New York Dolls' Johnny Thunders, was a neighborhood bar and hard rock/punk venue located in San Francisco's Mission District at 853 Valencia Street. The location has been a drinking establishment for many years, including the first lesbian bar in the Mission District, the Ebb Tide (circa 1966). Other bars at this location were Luke & Larry's (1940's), Graffiti (1980's), the Chameleon (1990's), and Amnesia (2000-2020).

1 manuscript box, 2 oversized flat boxes (3 Cubic Feet)

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