Marty Rapalski, who has owned both 22nd Street bars since the 1990s, is listing them separately and will start considering offers July 1 — asking $450,000 for the Make Out Room and $350,000 for the Latin American Club.

Marty Rapalski has been thinking about retiring for 15 years. As of this week, he's actually doing it.

The owner of two of the Mission District's most entrenched bars — the Make Out Room at 3225 22nd St. and the Latin American Club at 3286 22nd St. — has put both up for sale. "It's a younger person's game," Rapalski told Mission Local. "It needs some fresh blood and new eyes. It's time."

Rapalski arrived in the Mission in 1989 and spent the three decades since building a small bar operation along a single block of 22nd Street. In 1993, he bought El Mariachito from its owner Ramon Luna and renamed it the Latin American Club, keeping intact the bar's neon sign — a horse drinking from a cocktail glass — that had drawn him to the spot in the first place. Three years later, he bought the Transfer Club from Walter Castillo and renamed it the Make Out Room, after a rumored back room at a nearby bar where, legend had it, waitstaff would relieve drunk patrons of their cash.

The Make Out Room became a working live music venue: Jonathan Richman holds a yearly residency there; Tracy Chapman and Norah Jones have played the room. At its peak it formed one point of what regulars called "The Bermuda Triangle," a trifecta of 22nd Street nightlife that included Revolution Cafe and Cava 22.

The Make Out Room is listed at $450,000; the Latin American Club at $350,000. The businesses will be sold separately, and Rapalski said he will start reviewing offers on July 1. City business records list Rapalski Martin E. as the registered owner of 3225 22nd St.; the Latin American Club is registered at 3286 22nd St. under Latin American Club LLC. There are no official conditions on the sale, though Rapalski told Mission Local he would prefer a buyer who keeps both bars as they are.

He plans to leave the business and the country. His father is from Winnipeg, and he is in the process of obtaining Canadian citizenship. He's also weighing a move to Portugal, where he has already set up a tax ID and a bank account.

"Of course there were difficulties and things over the 30 years," he said. "But I pulled through with my liver intact, and I'm happy to move on now."