Hudson's Grill Opens Its First Dallas Restaurant (2/99)

Hudson's Grill of America, Inc., based in Dallas, announced today that the first Hudson's Grill Restaurant located in the city of Dallas opened for dinner on Jan. 11, 1999, in far North Dallas, across from the suburb of Richardson, Texas.

Beginning Jan. 23, 1999, the restaurant 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.

The new restaurant is based upon the company's new 4,567 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, Mich.

The company also announced that three Franchise agreements had been terminated. Two locations closed, in Carrollton, Texas, and in Lancaster, Calif., and one location, in Reno, Nev., never got under way.

Hudson's Grill of America is celebrating its 14th year of operation, and the company is publicly traded over the counter under the Nasdaq symbol HDSG.