UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported):

June 16, 2006

MERITAGE HOSPITALITY GROUP INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Michigan
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

001-12319	38-2730460
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

3210 Eagle Run Drive, N.E., Suite 100
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (616) 776-2600

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Attached as Exhibit 99, and incorporated herein by reference, is the press release the Company issued on June 16, 2006, regarding its retention of Donnelly Penman & Partners as the Company’s exclusive financial advisor in connection with a possible deregistering transaction.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

	Exhibit No.		Description of Document
	99		The press release described in Item 8.01 above.

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.

Dated: June 16, 2006

MERITAGE HOSPITALITY GROUP INC.

BY: /s/Robert E. Schermer, Jr.
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      Robert E. Schermer, Jr.
      Chief Executive Officer

MERITAGE HOSPITALITY GROUP INC 8-K