--- title: "San Francisco's Burma Superstar Restaurant Linked to E. coli Outbreak" date: 2013-08-30T21:56:00-07:00 author: admin canonical_url: "https://marlerclark.com/san-francisco-restaurant-linked-to-e.-coli-outbreak" section: Litigation Landing Pages --- [Foodborne Illnesses](/foodborne-illnesses) / [E. coli](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/e-coli) / # San Francisco's Burma Superstar Restaurant Linked to E. coli Outbreak Burma Superstar, a popular Inner Richmond neighborhood restaurant in San Francisco, was the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak the San Francisco Department of Public Health investigated in August and September of 2013. Health officials believe 22 people were sickened in connection to the outbreak. Of those diners, 7 were hospitalized. 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