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): December 19,
1997 (December 19, 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 it had agreed
in principle with Kirk, Inc., for a new franchise to be located in
the Reno, Nevada, area.  Kirk, Inc.'s principal owners are George
Matthews and Kirk Neiderhaus, who currently operate a jet ski and
para sailing business on Lake Tahoe, Nevada.  Mr. Neiderhaus has
previous experience in the food service and mountain lodge
business.  Kirk, Inc., plans to build a freestanding Hudson's
Grill restaurant and to open it in late 1998.

   
    
    Item 7.  Exhibits.
    
         1. Press Release dated December 19, 1997, regarding the 
agreement with Kirk, Inc., for a new franchise in Reno, Nevada.

    
    
    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: December 19, 1997
    
                               HUDSON'S GRILL OF AMERICA, INC.     
                               Registrant
    
    
                                                                   
                               s/s David L. Osborn
                               David L. Osborn
    
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