John Starks, Anthony Mason slated to open pizza restaurant

Former New York Knicks John Starks and Anthony Mason have decided to team up again and they're opening up a pizza restaurant.

According to Page Six, Starks and Mason will bring the Custom Fuel Pizza franchise to uptown Manhattan early next year. The restaurant will be located on Frederick Douglas Boulevard and West 123rd Street.

The first of the chain of restaurants was started in Washington, D.C.

Custom Fuel Pizza is known for allowing customers to "design" their own pies by picking the crust and sauce as well as any toppings.

The Big Apple location's scheduled to open in late January.

In has been reported that CNN anchor Chris Cuomo and Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim are also investors in the eatery.

The eatery also offers a Field to Fuel School Garden Program, which has gained national attention.

The program is an effort to interest children in nutrition while also teaching them to cook. The Fuel Pizza Field to Fork Program will give students an education in cooking and nutrition as well as gardening.

Several schools in Charlotte, North Carolina are now a part of the Field to Fork Pizza Garden Program which teaches children healthy habits.

Starks and Mason aren't the only ex-Knicks players who have opened businesses in New York City. Walt "Clyde" Frazier owns a sports bar on the far west side of midtown Manhattan. Frazier was the point guard of the 1973 championship team.

The bar, which opened in March of 2012, is called Clyde Frazier's Wine and Dine.