Burma Superstar Comes Down on Burmese Food Truck

• This truck has been missing from Townsend & 4th since the new year. Does anyone have any insight on the disappearance? 

• He does tell everyone who will listen and is obviously trying to create confusion on the issue-  he happened to have a restaurant in the same space a successful one is in now, it does not mean that he "started" Burma Superstar

• harsh but true- i didn't know it was a chain restaurant though, don't think i will be going back now...

• this is just bad reporting.....having a cease and desist letter sent out to someone trying to ride on someone else's success is not litigious at all - it is exactly the opposite, a warning shot that this Lue doesn't go around misrepresenting himself for personal and financial gain at someone else's expense.

• Mandalay is just as good, easier to get into, and not so litigious.

• I ate at the truck and he didn't pitch the fact that he once owned Burma Superstar. It was only after I asked him how long he's been in business that he mentioned he used to own a Burmese restaurant that's now Burma Superstar. I know he's not associated with the restaurant says he said he sold it, so I'm not dumb enough to think he's associated with Burma Superstar. So I judge the food based on what I ate, not what I think about BS. None of his signs around his truck refers to Burma Superstar, so having a lawyer draw up papers is just silly. Are they saying he can't say that he once owned a restaurant on Clement Street? Where's his freedom of speech?

• So what if Lue tells everyone that he was the first owner. I only care about the current food and the current owner. Really, the next time I'm at Burma Superstar I'm going to tell the owners to stop being so touchy. They own the place now. No one's going to think a truck can make food as good. 

• Interesting. The food truck owner told me that too as he was taking my order. it was one of the first things he said to.me too! Nonetheless, maybe he can concentrate on making his food more tasty than trying to compare with Burma Superstar's name. I am tired of all these food trucks.

• The problem is, Lue, tells EVERYONE that he was the original owner of Burma Superstar. It was not off the cuff. That's the first thing he told me when I went there. He also told my friend that too. I would be upset if I was Burma Superstar too...if the previous tenant 20 years who tried to link his business with mine after I worked so hard at establishing myself.

• Sheesh, someone's got their panties in a twist. Makes me not want to patronize Burma Superstar (and I'm a fairly regular customer, eat there about once a month) if they are going to be such poor sports. I understand wanting to protect their brand, and they have every right to do so, but to actually have a lawyer issue a cease-and-desist letter in response to an off-the-cuff remark, that was not part of any marketing pitch, is symptomatic of the overly litigious behavior that plagues this country.

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