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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 the Opening of its First
International Location and the Signing of a Lease for a New
Company-Owned Restaurant

    Tuesday, September 16, 1997
    
    
    Dallas, TX -  Hudson's Grill of America, Inc., announced that
on September 5, 1997, its first international location opened for
business in Guatemala City, Guatemala.  The restaurant is located
in the Zona Viva Section of the city, nearby hotels and shops
frequented by tourists and residents.  Staff members of the newest
Hudson's Grill were trained in the United States and also trained
on site by a team of company and franchisee employees, who were in
Guatemala City to help open the restaurant.  The owners of the
franchise are prominent citizens of Guatemala, whose business
interests include other notable food service establishments,
cement, concrete manufacturing and grocery operations.

     Tom Sacco, Vice President for Operations, was on site to help
open the facility.  "Guatemala City is a beautiful city, and a
mecca for many European travelers.  As such, we are excited about
our newest franchise and its prospects for success in Latin
America."  Mr. Sacco added, "The location should give us increased
international exposure and credibility. Thus, we look forward to
working with other international franchisees who come to us as a
result of our success in Guatemala City."

     The company also announced that it has leased a build-to-suit
pad site near Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  The site is
located at the Keystone shopping center and is a freestanding site
that is in front of a brand new multi-theater complex; the center
also has several other freestanding restaurant sites nearby.  This
will be the first company built restaurant since the early 1990's,
when the company began a program of selling its company-owned
operations in California to franchisees.  The restaurant should be
open for business sometime early in 1998.

     The company also announced that the Hudson's Grill in Hurst,
Texas, closed, and that the company had terminated the franchise
agreement associated with the Hurst franchise. 

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