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): April 23,
    1999 (April 19, 1999)
    
    
    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 on April 19,
1999, Sharfe, L.L.C., a Michigan limited Liability company, opened
the second Hudson's Grill restaurant in the State of Michigan. 
Initially, the restaurant will be open only for dinner, but
beginning April 23, 1999, it plans to be open for lunch, too.  The
free-standing restaurant is located in far north Michigan in
Marquette, which is situated on Lake Superior; it is situated
between two hotels, a Days Inn and a Comfort Inn Suites.  It is
the third prototype built based on the Company's new free standing
unit concept.

   The Company also announced that it had settled its case with
the landlord of a site formerly leased by the Company in Westlake,
California.  The Company, a former tenant, and a guarantor agreed
to the settlement, in which the Company's obligation is to
contribute $83,333.33 to the guarantor to help pay the settlement. 
Definitive agreements reflecting the settlement are currently in
process.
    
    Item 7.  Exhibits.
    
         1. Press Release dated April 22, 1999, regarding the 
opening of the Hudson's Grill in Marquette, Michigan, and the
settlement of Westlake lawsuit.

    
    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: April 23, 1999
    
                               HUDSON'S GRILL OF AMERICA, INC.     
                               Registrant
    
    
                                                                   
                               s/s David L. Osborn
                               David L. Osborn
    
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