David Wallack Application PackageWallack David P
Last Name First Name Middle Initial
5725 N Bayshore Drive Miami
Home Address City
Florida 33137
State Zip Code
305-450-7502305-673-4422
HomeWork
dw@mangos.com
Email Address
305-525-6689
Cellular
Miami Beach
Business Address
900 Ocean Drive
City
Florida
State
33139
Zip Code
Mango's Tropical Cafe, LLC
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Manager/CEO
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● I am applying for an appointment because I have special abilities, knowledge and experience. Please list below:
Creator of Mango's Tropical Cafe, one of the top three most successful restaurant/nightclub operations outside of
Las Vegas...a major destination entertainment and dining establishment known all around the world with a
positive economic impact to Miami Beach for 33 years. See details in attached BIO.
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Property
Mango's Tropical Cafe, LLC
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Miami Beach, Florida, no later than 12:00 noon of July 1, of each year:
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3. A Copy of your latest Federal Income Tax Return.
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more than $500, 60 days in jail, or both.
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BIO – DAVID WALLACK
Well-known Miami Beach philanthropist and businessman David Wallack, CEO of Mango’s Tropical Cafe, has been a
resident and business owner since he and his family moved to Miami Beach in 1955. Many awards and accolades
have been bestowed upon David Wallack since that time due to the enormous pioneering spirit and work that
exemplifies his life and contribution to the prosperity of Miami Beach and the South Beach community. David
Wallack was awarded the 44th President Barack Obama Lifetime Achievement Award (created by the Edward M.
Kennedy Serve America Act), during the Celebration of Leaders in the historic town of Eatonville, Florida, as well as
an Honorary Doctorate from CICA International University and Seminary, New York, for his outstanding academic,
social and spiritual achievement. The Lifetime Achievement Award is bestowed upon a select few citizens who have
achieved a threshold of community outreach hours and philanthropic giving. Other select honorees this year
included Congresswoman Val Demings, U.S. House of Representatives, Commissioner Regina Hill, Orlando, Mayor
Edward Cole, Eatonville, Jerry Demings, Orange County Sheriff, now Mayor of Orange County, Florida and Presiding
Bishop Ronald F. Kimble, Sr., The Life Center Church.
Wallack is well recognized in Miami Breach for his creation of Mango’s Tropical Cafe (South Beach), one of the top
three most successful restaurant/nightclub operations outside of Las Vegas, in the United States…a major
destination entertainment and dining establishment known all around the world that has created a significant
positive Economic Impact to Miami Beach for 32 years and counting. David has also been awarded three Keys to the
City of Miami Beach, a Mayoral Citation of Achievement and, received many City Proclamations honoring his work
benefiting Miami Beach, which has included donating three K-9 dogs to the Miami Beach Police Department and a
vehicle for the police to patrol the beach. In Miami, Wallack is a Founder at Baptist Hospital, a Golden Angel at
Jackson Memorial Hospital, a longtime member and contributor to the ACLU and a lifetime member of the NAACP.
He has also collected and donated over $1 Million to Mount Sinai Medical Center on Miami Beach and he is a major
pledge donor to the newly opened Emergency Room and Surgical Building at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. He has been
a longtime contributor and Board Member of the Miami Beach PAL (Police Athletic League), helping to build their
building in Flamingo Park, as well as, contributing computers and many programs for the children and recently also
contributing two college scholarships to PAL children. He was awarded the “Excellence in Tourism Award” by the
Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce at the 2014 Annual Gala. David is a donor to the South Florida SPCA for equine
rescue, Pelican Harbor Seabird Station where he is also now on the Board of Directors and a regular contributor to
many cancer charities too numerous to mention, Feinberg-Fisher K-8 Center, the Elaine Weisburd Excellence in
Education Awards and, also contributes to the Shriner’s Hospital.
Additional charitable causes throughout the history of Mango’s contributions have been sponsoring of many Miami
Beach Chamber events, Wounded Warriors U.S. MBPD Softball games, hurricane and earthquake relief with the
International Red Cross, major hurricane relief to Texas, New Orleans, Miami/Dade (hurricane Andrew), chartered
and flew in the jet filled with $50,000 worth of food, water and medical supplies donated to Global Empowerment
Mission (GEM) for the relief of Puerto Rico and helped unload, sort, pack and delivered all to a PR neighborhood in
need and much more in local causes. David authorized thousands of champagne dinners for 2 for innumerable
cancer, diabetes and other charities over the course of his 30 years with Mango’s Tropical Cafe. Wallack through
Mango’s has also done major relief work and donation through GEM for refugees from the war in Ukraine and for
relief in Ukraine.
He has recently also taken on the “Whispering Manes” charity where learning to ride horses is given to those with
Autism and other disabilities. David has also supported inner city children’s football leagues and baseball teams,
Jackson High Football Team, has provided college scholarships for disadvantaged and deserving students and now
provides college scholarships to children of Mango’s employees. Wallack recently led a team of seven Mango’s staff
members and two truck loads of medicine, baby supplies, food and water immediately after Hurricane Ian hit Fort
Meyers and the West Coast of Florida.
David is currently centering his attention on Orlando, where he recently opened a second Mango’s Tropical Cafe
which is now the recipient of numerous “Best of” awards… 2017 Orlando Magazine Dining Awards, Best Place to
Celebrate, Best Place for Cocktails, Best Latin, Best Live Music/Entertainment, 2nd Place Best Caribbean, 2018
Orlando Magazine Awards, Best Live Music/Entertainment, 2nd Place in three other categories – Best Caribbean, Best
Latin and Best Place to Celebrate, Trip Advisor 2016 Certificate of Excellence, 2017 Certificate of Excellence, Expedia-
2017 Dinner and Show of the Year and 2018 Dinner and Show of the Year, Orlando Business Journal 2017 Reader’s
Choice Awards, Best Local Nightclub, Food Service Equipment & Supplies Magazine- Honorable Mention, Facility
Design Project of the Year, Orlando Sentinel’s Best Bets- Best Nightclub 2017, Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards, 2017
Best Latin, Open Table:
Best Ambiance/Hot Spot/Late Night Find/Vibrant Bar Scene, and Orlando Date Night Guide 7th Annual Date Night
Awards- Best Date Night Live Music Venue, Newsweek 2020- America’s Best in State Customer Service and many
more.
MIAMI BEACH, FL (August 26, 2020) – Mango’s Tropical Cafe in both Miami Beach and Orlando have been awarded
Newsweek’s Best-In-State Customer Service Award and Salsa Mia, our Latin Salsa Classes at Mango’s Miami Beach
has received the coveted 2020 TripAdvisor® Travelers’ Choice award for consistently receiving outstanding traveller
reviews and ratings on TripAdvisor. This award represents the top 10% of attractions worldwide, was bestowed upon
Mango’s Miami Beach for their Salsa Mia experience, and is considered a great achievement and representation of
consistent outstanding programming.
His innovative artistic and cultural entertainment concepts have been the Hallmark of Mango’s Tropical Cafe which
is now beginning its 32nd year of operation. Mango’s has entertained literally tens of millions of patrons both local
and from all around the world. Mango’s was the “longest” continuously running Live Show in the United States for
years until ordered closed due to the Covid Virus emergency orders and for 10 years, Mango’s Tropical Cafe was the
most videoed nightclub in the entire world. It was shown on multiple nationally televised Bowl Games, and a
Superbowl. It was televised seven times representing South Beach all around the world on ABC’s Peter Jennings 24-
hour millennium show and on hundreds of cable stations in almost every major city in the world and was a major
influence on making South Beach a world famous destination. “Nothing gives me greater pleasure than seeing our
youth and their families succeed in so many walks of life and to have literally tens of millions of satisfied customers.
Having so many returned to Miami Beach and Mango’s year after year for decades is quite incredible”, said David
Wallack.
David was the First President of the Ocean Drive Business Association in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Then
alongside his dear friend Tony Goldman, may he rest in peace, he became the Vice-Chairman of the Ocean Drive
Association for 35 years helping to initiate and continue the revitalization of Ocean Drive and South Beach since the
late 1980’s and early 1990’s and currently remain a Board Member of the current Ocean Drive Association.
David Wallack is a innovator. David’s first innovative project began when he was clerking in his senior year in Miami
Law School doing medical research in 1976. In 1977 he innovated the first redevelopment of an existing property in
Miami Beach creating “The Eastern Sun” Adult Congregate Living Facility (ACLF) which was the first commercial size
ACLF in the State of Florida. It was a huge success and set the standard for excellence in care of the elderly and
became a model facility that many followed in creation of ACLF’s throughout Dade County and the State. The Eastern
Sun operated from 1978-1990. In doing so, David was the first artist in Miami Beach to bring back pastel colors to a
building since the 1940’s. David innovated those colors on Ocean Drive at The Eastern Sun 3 years before the noted
“Deco” artist, Leonard Horowitz, began his brilliant art on South Beach Deco buildings. It was then that David also
created the first exterior artist-painted mural wall in Miami Beach since the 1040’s. It was done in the 1980’s at The
Eastern Sun ACLF.
As a graduate of The University of Miami in 1972 (Magna Cum Laude) and then graduating University of Miami Law
School in 1977 and becoming a member of the Florida Bar since 1978, Wallack transformed the elderly care industry,
bringing live entertainment and music, yoga, meditation, and many forms of holistic care, and integrated them into
his concept of gerontology. David pioneered the concept of Hospice Care for the elderly in those years. He became
internationally recognized for his work and lectured international delegations from Japan on New Age Care for the
Elderly. It was then that David received his first of three (3) keys to the City of Miami Beach for his international
achievement. Also, being the only one to have evacuated an entire Senior Care Facility in the United States (three
times), David was asked to lecture hospitals, nursing homes and other care facilities at the Dade County Hurricane
Center on “Evacuation of a Senior Care Facility”. During the late 1980’s, David transitioned into again reinventing
himself into the transformational renaissance of South Beach into what it is today. After meeting and becoming
close friends with Mark Soyka and Tony Goldman, David conceived of creating the first redevelopment of a South
Beach building into a multi-use commercial concept that included restaurants, commercial shops, offices, and a small
live music cafe bar he would name “Mango’s Tropical Cafe”. It was then that he actively became inspired to become
one of the leaders in the Renaissance movement in Miami Beach. During the 1980’s Barbara Capitan sought out
David as a private counselor to help her in her path of having the Deco Movement and Preservation become
accepted by the cities of Miami Beach and also the City of Opa Locka. David is a respected artist, and to this day is
recognized as an iconic and dynamic figure in the creation of the South Beach scene of the 1990’s and 2000’s
operating world famous Mango’s Tropical Cafe. David has also sat as a member of the Planning Board for the City
of Miami Beach and has participated in legislation first for ACLF’s and then, for 30 years, of hospitality legislation in
the City of Miami Beach. David was also on the City’s Night Life Taskforce for 20 years with Chairman Steven Polisar.
Wallack has been honored by many administrations of Miami Beach and has been recognized on many occasions for
his contributions to the arts and charitable causes. He has been a resident, and then a business owner and operator
on Miami Beach since 1955 along with his father, Irving Wallack and his mother and inspiration, Florence Wallack,
may they rest in peace. His work career included his sister Barbara Buck, sister Laurie, now deceased, his former wife
and best friend, Trudy Wallack, and his two children, daughter Janna and son Joshua. He has five
grandchildren. David attended Central Beach Elementary School (Feinberg-Fisher), Fisher Jr. High School, Nautilus
Jr. High School, and Miami Beach Senior High School in 1964 and 1965. He graduated Admiral Farragut Naval Military
Academy in 1966. David’s two sisters and two children, Janna and Joshua are also Miami Beach High School
graduates.
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