The gourmands have spoken. Trattoria Acqua on Prospect Street will continue to serve its Italian favorites since the owners were able to renegotiate the lease at the 11th hour for another six years. The Italian Riviera-style restaurant had planned to close on March 13 when the property owners, Don Allison and Bill Zonger, informed the restaurateurs they planned to take the property in another direction. Owners Mike and Victoria McGeath told their chef and longtime patrons that the restaurant would close after 16 years. Thousands of old and new patrons stopped by, even flew in and sent e-mails to lament the closing of a restaurant dear to them, Victoria said. “It’s been emotionally and physically draining and horrible, but in other respects really uplifting and heartwarming because so many people professed their love for the restaurant,” Victoria said. Trattoria Acqua is not the only iron in the fire for the McGeaths. Mike has been in the restaurant business for 40 years. He anticipated the revitalization of the Gaslamp District when he opened Fio’s Cucina Italiana at 801 5th Ave.