EXHIBIT A

Hudson's Grill of America, Inc.              For Immediate Release 
16970 Dallas Parkway                      Contact: Thomas A. Sacco 
Suite # 402                                Telephone: 972-931-9237 
Dallas, Texas 75248-1928            e-mail: sacco@hudsonsgrill.com 
   
    Hudson's Grill Announces its First Franchisee in Michigan, the
    Resignation of its CFO, the Date of Its Annual Shareholder
    Meeting, a Proposal to Permit the Issuance Of Preferred
    Shares, the Payment of its Note Owed to Mr. Travis Bryant, an
    Extension Granted to Two Franchise Developers, and a Letter of
    Intent to Develop Various Parts of the State of Texas
    
    Friday, April 18, 1997
    
    
    Dallas, TX -  Hudson's Grill of America, Inc., announced that
on April 14, 1997, Mark Myers, of Jackson, Michigan, signed a
franchise agreement with the Company on behalf of Hudson's Grill
of Jackson, Inc., a Michigan corporation.  Mr. Jackson is a
principal of the new franchisee and will be building a Hudson's
Grill to be opened sometime in the Fall 1997 in Jackson, Michigan. 
The new location will be near the Jackson Regional Airport.  Mr.
Myers is a local businessman in Jackson and a former Little
Caesars franchisee.  This is Company's first franchise in
Michigan, and it will be the first unit based on the Company's new
free standing building design.  "Hudson's is very excited to have
Mark as its newest franchisee, especially considering his
background in the restaurant business," said Tom Sacco, Sr. V.P.
of Hudson's.  "Also, we are looking for great results from the new
free standing building design Mark will be using." 

    The Company also announced that its CFO resigned on March 5,
1997.  D. Marion Wood, who had been the CFO since 1993, will
remain as a director of the company until his term expires on May
27, 1997.  The company also announced that its board of directors
met and adopted several measures.  It has recommended that the
shareholders of the company approve and authorize the issuance of
up to five million shares of preferred stock.  The company hopes
to use the preferred shares to purchase several restaurants as
models to show prospective franchisees.  Also the preferred stock
may be used to raise capital for the company.  In this respect,
the company also announced that it was in the process of
negotiating with a local brokerage company to assist it in the
purchase of restaurants and in the raising of capital.

    The company also announced that its annual shareholders
meeting will be held on May 27, 1997, for all shareholders of
record as of April 18, 1997.

    Additionally, after modifying the Famous Bars, Grills and
Cafes of America, Inc. ("Famous"), note held by the company, the
company used it to pay off its note to Mr. Travis Bryant.   The
amount of the Famous note and the amount owed to Mr. Bryant was
$1,150,845 dollars.  These notes were previously subject to being
offset against each other.  The company will expense $118,221
against general and administrative expenses for canceling a
portion of the Famous note.  In exchange for canceling a part of
the Famous note, Famous granted the company an additional two
percent royalty from four restaurants it has sold since 1995.  The
company has received more than $40,000 since this arrangement was
accepted.

    Because of the progress being made by two franchise
developers, Jackie's International, Inc., and Jotar, Inc., the
company agreed to extend the time needed to comply with the
franchise development agreements it has with the two developers. 
Each of the two developers has Hudson's Grill restaurants under
contract.  Each developer was granted an additional six months to
their development schedule.

    The company also signed a letter of intent to execute an
exclusive franchise development agreement with Mr. Travis Bryant,
the originator of the Hudson's Grill concept, to build twenty
Hudson's Grill restaurant franchises over the next ten years in
Texas.  Various parts of El Paso, Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin are
excluded from the exclusive territory.  "Hudson's Grills is very
excited about Travis Bryant's decision to build Hudson's Grills in
Texas," said Tom Sacco, Senior Vice President of the company.  "As
the originator of the Hudson's Grill concept, we know of no one
better than Travis to be able to locate, build and operate
Hudson's Grills.  We look forward to his success here in Texas."

   
    Hudson's Grills are celebrating their 13th year of operation,
and the Company is publicly traded over the counter under the
NASDAQ symbol HDSG.