SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    
               Washington, D.C. 20549
    
                      FORM 8-K
    
                  CURRENT REPORT
    
    
    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
    of 1934

    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September
    16, 1997 (August 1, 1997)
    
    
    HUDSON'S GRILL OF AMERICA, INC.
    (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)     
    
    California
    (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
    
    
    0-13642
    (Commission or File Number)
    
    
    95-3477313
    (IRS Employer Identification Number)
    
    
    16970 Dallas Parkway, Suite 402, Dallas, Texas 75248
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
    
    
    Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
    (972) 931-9237
    
    
    
    
    
    Item 5.  Other Events.
    
    Hudson's Grill of America, Inc. (the "Company"), a California
corporation based in Dallas, Texas, announced that the Company's
franchisee in Guatemala City, Guatemala, opened the Company's
first international Hudson's Grill on September 5, 1997, in
Guatemala City.  The restaurant is located in the Zona Viva
Section of the city, where many tourists and local residents visit
and shop.  The restaurant contains many of the same menu items and
decor of a traditional Hudson's Grill with some changes to reflect
the local culture and tastes of Guatemala. Employees of the
franchise were first trained in the United States at existing
Hudson's Grills; several corporate employees and employees from
some the Company's franchisees helped to open the restaurant and
train local employees to operate the restaurant.

     The Company also announced that it has signed a lease with
the Prudential Insurance Company to lease a freestanding, build-
to-suit pad site at the Keystone Park shopping center located near
Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  This will be the Company's
first Company-owned restaurant developed since the early 1990's. 
If this site is successful, then the Company plans to develop more
sites into Company-owned restaurants based on its new prototype,
which uses free-standing buildings instead of sites in shopping
strips.  The Company expects that the new site will be open for
business in January 1998.

     In August 1997 the franchisee of the Hudson's Grill located
in Hurst, Texas, closed his restaurant.  The franchisee had been
in arrears with the Company, and the Company had notified the
franchisee that the Company planned to terminate his franchise for
non-payment of franchise fees. The Company has subsequently
terminated the franchise.

   
    
    Item 7.  Exhibits.
    
         1. Press Release dated September 16, 1997, regarding the 
opening of the Company's first international location, the signing
of a build-to-suit lease and the closing of its Hurst franchisee.

    
    
    SIGNATURES
    
         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
    
    Date: September 16, 1997
    
                               HUDSON'S GRILL OF AMERICA, INC.     
                               Registrant
    
    
                                                                   
                               s/s David L. Osborn
                               David L. Osborn
    
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