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Hudson's Grill of America, Inc.              For Immediate Release 
16970 Dallas Parkway                       Contact: Mitzy Ferguson 
Suite # 402                                Telephone: 972-931-9237 
Dallas, Texas 75248-1928            e-mail: mitzy@hudsonsgrill.com 


               Hudson's Grill Announces The Opening
                 of Its Dallas, Texas, Restaurant

Dallas, Texas, Gets its First Hudson's Grill Restaurant

Friday, January 29, 1999

Dallas, TX -- Hudson's Grill of America, Inc., based in Dallas,
Texas, announced today that the first Hudson's Grill restaurant
located in the City of Dallas opened for dinner on January 11,
1999, in far North Dallas, across from the suburb of Richardson,
Texas.  Beginning January 23, 1999, the restuarant is also now
open for lunch.  The free standing building is opposite a large
multi-screen theater complex in an area that already contains
several other restaurants.  The site is just across the expressway
from a large Texas Instruments plant.  Far North Dallas and the
suburb of Richardson are two of the largest, most upscale and
affluent areas in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex.  The Hudson's
Grill restaurant is based on the Company's new design for stand
alone units. The restaurant is owned by a subsidiary of Hudson's
Grill International, Inc., a subsidiary of Hudson's Grill of
America, Inc. In its first week of operation, the unit has already
become a popular place to eat, especially for movie-goers.

     "We are extremely pleased to open the first Hudson's Grill in
the City of Dallas," said David Osborn, President of Hudson's
Grill of America, Inc., "and we look forward to strong growth as
more and more people in the Dallas-Richardson area learn of the
Hudson's Grill.  We believe this unit will be one of the strongest
in our system because of the new design and its excellent
location."

     The new restaurant is based upon the Company's new 4567
square foot, freestanding, prototype design that uses its "BURGERS
* SHAKES * ROCK  n' ROLL" Americana "late 50's and early 60's"
theme.  Currently, one other restaurant that incorporates the
Company's new design is under construction in Marquette, Michigan.

     The Company also announced that three franchise agreements
had been terminated.  Two locations closed, in Carrollton, Texas,
and in Lancaster, California, and one location, in Reno, Nevada,
never got under way.   
                                 
    Hudson's Grills of America is celebrating its 14th year of
operation, and the company is publicly traded over the counter
under the NASDAQ symbol HDSG.