Posted: October 12th, 2010 - 5:13pm by Doug Powell

A cockroach appeared on the table of five diners at the super snazzy New York eatery, Jean Georges, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s four-star kitchen and dining room on the first floor of 1 Central Park West.

“A woman at the table screamed and the whole restaurant went quiet,” said Lois Freedman, a spokeswoman for Mr. Vongerichten, who was not in the restaurant at the time.

Sam Sifton of the N.Y. Times reports that waiters and captains moved to the table with grim alacrity, said people who saw them whisk the aggrieved customers to a new table. … Champagne was brought to the table of the woman who had screamed, and further treats after that: an additional course was added to the restaurant’s three-course, $98 prix fixe dinner, and desserts, and dessert wine. The restaurant’s captain kept a close eye on the table. At least one other table received a round of free drinks as a way of thanking them for their forbearance.

Bring your own cockroach, although I would never recommend that, especially when Jean Georges received an inspection score of 23 from the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which translates to a B.