March 6, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 13 Know Your Neighborhood Businesses: RIDGEWOOD & GLEN ROCK Beautifully designed Ridgewood Fare offers a perfect Town & Country offers venue for a relaxing dinner or quick lunch sophistication and sensibility R idgewood Fare, which opened this year at 26 Wilsey Square, offers an intimate dining experience in a bistro style setting. Business partners Michael and Marge Parlamis and Victor Rosasco began welcoming luncheon patrons on Jan. 15, and officially opened for dinner on Valentine’s Day. Under the direction of Rosasco as the restaurant’s culinary consultant, Ridgewood Fare’s full-time on-site Chef de Cuisine David Paglia prepares all of his dishes – including the soups, salads, and entrees -- from slow growth hormone-free proteins, sustainable fish, and organic produce. It is also worth mentioning that all baking and desserts are made on premises. Those who enjoy creative fine food made from top quality ingreToni DeLisi dients owe it to themselves to pay a visit to Ridgewood Fare. On site manager Toni DeLisi notes that, although Ridgewood Fare is new, partner Victor Rosasco is well known in this area through his former association with another top Ridgewood restaurant he opened 25 years ago. Many of Rosasco’s fans are pleased to hear he returned to the area with this new venture. “We have been well received; we’re very fortunate,” DeLisi says. Ridgewood Fare is not only a restaurant but also a full-service catering business. “Because of my background in wedding and event planning, we are able to offer a complete package to anyone planning an event, be it social, corporate, or not for profit,” DeLisi says. Ridgewood Fare is open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Lunch is served every day; dinner is available Thursday through Saturday only. To make a reservation, or for information about planning your next event, call (201) 857-8400. Town & Country own & Country Apothecary & Fine Cosmetics combines small town sensibility with big city sophistication. Located at 60 East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood, Town & Country carries only the best in beauty products, such as Clinique, Estee Lauder, La Mer, Clarins, Paula Dorf, Bond No. 9, B. Kamins, AHava, Bumble & Bumble, and Creed, just to name a few. Most recently, Smashbox, The Art of Saving, Caudalie, Frederic Fekkai, Philosophy, and Jack Black were added to the mix. There are beautiful and price appropriate gifts for babies, children, tweens, teens, and women of all ages. Check out the new jewelry and accessory departments. Town & Country hosts birthday parties and Girl Scout Troops. Come and see why Town & Country is the ultimate place for shopping! Call (201) 652-0013 today for additional information. T Steven J. Wruble, M.D. and the Venn Center: Using Psychiatry, Psychology and Education to Promote Mental Health and Human Development he Venn Center, located at 1250 East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood, offers tailored mental health services designed to fit the needs of each individual. Executive Medical Director Dr. Wruble says passionately, “Our goal is to educate and empower people to build the lives they want.” Board-certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, Dr. Wruble has provided services to individuals, couples, families, and groups in Northern New Jersey and Manhattan for over 15 years. He conducts psychiatric evaluations and assessments, provides psychotherapy to clients of all ages, and offers pharmacotherapy and medication management when necessary. Among his therapeutic specializations are working with children and adults who deal with attention problems such as ADHD and all forms of anxiety disorders. In addition, Dr. Wruble provides treatment for those who suffer the effects of mood instability and trauma. He is a provider of cutting-edge trauma-therapies including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) and Somatic Experiencing. In addition, Dr. Wruble was the first provider in Northern New Jersey to offer Cogmed Working Memory Training, the only clinically proven, non-medicinal intervention designed to improve working memory, which is the major factor in people with attention deficits. Evidence T Steven J. Wruble, M.D. and Michelle Pearlman, Ph.D. shows that 8 out of 10 children who have completed training show measurable results -- most with significant improvements in attentiveness, complex reasoning skills, and controlling impulsive behavior. When asked one year after training to report on their experience, 79% of parents whose children had benefitted from training reported that positive effects had remained or increased. Dr. Wruble avoids using medication when non-medicinal interventions work as well, or even better. This philosophy helps empower clients to work through the issues that concern them. This core concept, along with meeting each client where they are, has helped hundreds achieve the goals that they want for themselves. Michelle Pearlman, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist, who specializes in helping people live their best lives while learning from difficult experiences. “I want to help transform those troubling events into resources that help patients move forward in a healthy and enriched way,” she explains. Dr. Pearlman specializes in working with children, adolescents, and adults to manage anxiety and stress. She also has advanced training in working with parents of young children about how to set up a positive family environment and reduce problem behavior. Dr. Pearlman also works with individuals and families facing grief following the loss of a loved one through death, as well as feelings of loss that can accompany situations such as divorce, a change in family or career, or the diagnosis of a medical condition. Dr. Pearlman practices Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a therapeutic strategy that has been proven effective through scientific research to treat many forms of anxiety and other problems. She works with children and adults to better cope with a wide range of problems and issues. CBT is usually short-term, goal-oriented, and focused on working to resolve presentday problems in a step-by-step fashion. In addition to her private practice work at the Venn Center, she is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. For more information about the Venn Center or the Cogmed Working Memory Training, please visit online at www. venncenter.com. To set up an appointment with Dr. Wruble or Dr. Pearlman, please call (201) 444-6824.